Quotes from Liz Curtis Higgs

Our love for people doesn't end when they pass away. More often our feelings deepen as we realize how much they mean to us and how dearly we miss them.

Even serving God in his holy temple, Zechariah was unprepared for something holy to happen.

In the end the women of Christmas quietly stepped aside, making room for the One who truly matters.

This wasn't the sixth month of the year; it was 'six months after Elizabeth knew she was to become a mother'. Imagine the Lord using an expectant mother's growing waistline to measure time! Never doubt for a moment that women matter to the Almighty.

Wise is the woman who rises above her circumstances.

An army bringing news of peace! And not 'good will toward men,' as we often say, but 'peace among people of good will!'. Peace comes from knowing God.

We all throw away perfectly wonderful lives because our foolish, sinful appetites take us places we should not go.

First the Lord used Elizabeth, who was 'too old,' then he used Mary, who would be 'too young' by today's standards. At any age we can serve the Lord.

The Lord hadn't forgotten Elizabeth, nor had he tarried in answering her prayer without a good purpose. He chose her—an older woman with an unproven womb—in order to display his power, his might, his authority. And he blessed her to honor her faithfulness. The truth is, God's strength is fully revealed when our strength is depleted.

As the sun moves higher in the cloudless sky, all the verses regarding seedtime and harvest come to mind, especially this one, which suits our hard-working Ruth: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."26

The loss of speech wasn't punishment; it was the proof Zechariah had asked for, the assurance of God's power.

In those days men were the ones who usually conferred blessings. Yet here we have a woman proclaiming a blessing upon another woman. Wow. Even from the womb, Jesus was changing the culture.