{"id":3086,"date":"2011-06-25T00:29:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T06:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2011-06-18T11:34:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T17:34:02","slug":"anticipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=3086","title":{"rendered":"Anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;She talked about Jesus to everyone who had been waiting for the promised King to come and deliver Jerusalem&#8221;\u00a0 (Luke 2:38 NLT).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anna.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke of Jesus before the night at the stable produced a baby King\u2014before the shepherds were surprised by a great multitude of angels and awed by a Baby in a manger.<br \/>\nBefore the three kings produced the three gifts to One in the Holy Trinity, she believed. \u00a0She anticipated. \u00a0She held fast to a promises. \u00a0She lived in hope. \u00a0She functioned in faith.<br \/>\nAnd when she met Jesus and his parents at the Temple, her commitment was rewarded.<\/p>\n<p>Think she was so excited she couldn&#8217;t even hold the Babe? \u00a0Think she squealed and giggled in delight? \u00a0Think her old, arthritic body danced around the temple yard in jubilation? \u00a0Or did she just stand in silent wonder?<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when Jesus shows up? \u00a0What do you do while you&#8217;re waiting?<\/p>\n<p>Malinda Edgell<br \/>\nIllinois<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER: <\/strong>Pray for renewed passion in your church for reaching those lost in sin; pray the message of <strong>\u201cSet My Soul Afire&#8221; <\/strong>for a home missions church as well. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;She talked about Jesus to everyone who had been waiting for the promised King to come and deliver Jerusalem&#8221;\u00a0 (Luke 2:38 NLT). Anna. She spoke of Jesus before the night at the stable produced a baby King\u2014before the shepherds were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=3086\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3087,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}