Waiting on Christmas as a child was so excruciating. Did you ever feel like that? It seemed like the month of December lasted for 365 days… I know my children probably feel that way now. For me, the Christmases seem to fly by now. But can you imagine waiting your entire life for Christmas to arrive? Can you imagine the one thing you had hoped, dreamed and prayed for not being realized until the last days of your life? That seems to me to be the definition of excruciating. How does one stay faithful to that dream, that hope for an entire lifetime? We will discuss two individuals who did not give up hope as they awaited the arrival of their Messiah.
