The Women of Christmas Quotes

“Now consider this: the first person to hold the newborn Christ was Mary of Nazareth, and the first person to touch the newly risen Christ, however briefly, was Mary of Magdala. God placed himself in a woman's care when he came to earth, then entrusted a woman to announce his resurrection when he came back to life.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“And consider this: the angel appeared to Mary first, not to her husband-to-be, Joseph. 'She had no status or honor apart from him,' yet Gabriel came to Mary—further proof of how much God values women.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Long before silver bells jingled, Christmas lights twinkled, and horse-drawn sleighs went dashing through the snow, God reached down from heaven with the best gift of all. Love, wrapped in swaddling clothes. Hope, nestled in a manger.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“From beginning to end he was poor, with few material goods to call his own.

The Lord chose to be born into poverty, to identify with the unseen of society--the unkempt, the unpopular, the undernourished. His earthly parents had nothing the world counts as valuable. 'Had they been rich, room would have been made for them.' Instead, they were poor, yet they made room in their hearts for God.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“In the end the women of Christmas quietly stepped aside, making room for the One who truly matters.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19 Mary focused on caring for her baby while she stored all she’d seen and done “like a secret treasure in her heart” (NIrV). Some women like to talk their way through experiences; others prefer the Mary approach: “weighing and pondering” (AMP), “mulling them over” (CJB), and “trying to understand them” (ERV). Sometimes the Lord does such a profound work in us and through us that sharing it with others would sound like bragging. Even if we say, “Look what God has done,” others may perceive it as “Look what I’ve done” or “Look how special I am!” God, as always, knows best. The shepherds were noisy, yet the mother of Jesus was quiet.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“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.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“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.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“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.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“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.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“The loss of speech wasn't punishment; it was the proof Zechariah had asked for, the assurance of God's power.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“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.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Even serving God in his holy temple, Zechariah was unprepared for something holy to happen.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“God particularly favors older women as channels of divine grace.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“What we call miraculous, God calls business as usual.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Marrying a woman of priestly ancestry was a special blessing.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Every conception has a touch of the miraculous - this one far more than most.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Even the things we don't understand are a display of the goodness of God.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“For no word from God will ever fail.” Luke 1:37”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Joseph was faithful to the letter of the law, but he was also faithful to the spirit of the law. He was grace giving. He was loving. He was merciful. Would God the Father entrust the upbringing of his Son to anyone else? The Lord made certain that Mary was betrothed to a man who was 'mild, amiable, and tender.' A man like Joseph of Nazareth.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“When I hear women rail that the Bible is misogynistic, I wonder if we're reading the same book. God loves women, redeems women, empowers women--then and now. On the day we call Christmas, He could have simply arrived on earth, yet He chose to enter through a virgin's womb. On the day we call Easter, He could have appeared first to His beloved disciple, John, yet He chose as His first witness a woman set free from seven demons.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“There's something wonderful about Jesus the Son being presented to God the Father. Though God is spirit, not flesh, at some level it must have been like looking into a mirror.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“This is how God works: a blessing for one is a blessing for all, and the end result is a greater focus on him. When we experience his grace, we're compelled to tell others so they may praise the Lord with us. In doing so, their faith is bolstered, knowing that God is real, God is powerful, God is sovereign, and God is moving.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“Just as God always knew how the life of his Son would unfold on earth, God knows how our lives will unfold as well. Nothing is a surprise to him. When we stumble, however badly, he stretches out his hands, pulls us to our feet, and draws us into his embrace.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“and he began to speak, praising God. Luke 1:64 He didn’t ask God why he’d been silenced, nor did he bemoan the many conversations he’d missed. Instead, Zechariah “shouted out praises to God”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“and they shared her joy. Luke 1:58”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; …” Luke 1:30 How like the Lord to identify our fears and hasten to ease them. Notice that Gabriel called her by name: “Mary, you have nothing to fear” (MSG). God knew her name just as he knows ours.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“But here's the thing: shepherds were despised. They couldn't keep the ceremonial laws while traveling about the hills, they were often regarded as thieves, and because they were considered unreliable, they were not permitted to give evidence in court.

Yet this was whom God chose for his witnesses and entrusted with his good news.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“When we experience his grace, we're compelled to tell others so they may praise the Lord with us. In doing so, their faith is bolstered, knowing that God is real, God is powerful, God is sovereign, and God is moving.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna

“His pride was trampled, and his spirit was humbled, yet he knew the way out: praising God. That's our way out, too. Out of sin, out of misery, out of fear. When we start praising God for all the great things he has done, there's little time left for whining or worrying.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna