Luke 1:5-17

The beginning of the Gospel of Luke...the beginning of the Good News of the story of Jesus Christ....

And the story isn't about Jesus at all.

It's about Zechariah and Elizabeth and John the Baptist.

The Gospel of Luke is the gospel that spends the most time talking about the poor, disenfranchised, and powerless. Instead of focusing on what we think should be "THE MAIN STORY", throughout this gospel Christ focuses on the widows and the children and the lepers on the side of the road. So I guess it makes sense that the gospel begins with the story of an everyday priest who would be the father of a locust-eating desert wanderer.

If someone were to write about my life, in what ways does it pave the way for THE MAIN STORY of God's salvation? Who have I passed in a river? Is my son's cousin going to bring hope to the hopeless? What words did I say 9 years ago that mattered to someone enough that her life is blessing others in new ways?

We are called to Prepare the Way of the Lord this Advent. There are so many ways and so many people and so many relationships that we are a part of. May God bless our words and our silences.