“Karen’s Notes!
Insights from a Glory-Bound Lady”

Selected Notes
Volume 7 Number 51 “Rejoice! The Promise is Kept!”
Post #347

December 18th, 2024

Typically, I take “Karen’s Notes” from her Bible Study journal. These are notebooks containing her personal devotional notes as well as the notes she used in ladies’ conferences. Many of these notes are her actual handwritten sketches of studies, outlines, and devotionals.

Notes from 2012. Today is somewhat different. Karen kept small notebooks to take notes whenever she accompanied me as I preached. I discovered some of her notes at Christmastime. For you folks from the Abbe Road Baptist Church of Elyria, Ohio, these are some of the notes from the evening message I preached on December 16th, 2012. Let me share the text and just a very few of the many notes she wrote.

“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:8-11). Below is what Karen wrote and underlined.

Karen wrote: “The Promise is Kept (Luke 2:8-11).
The promise kept was announced to the shepherds.

Remember- things are not always as they appear.
– God can be trusted to keep His promises
– God works in mysterious ways to accomplish His purpose
– There is NOTHING that is too hard for God! Luke 1:37”

Michael’s observation: Isn’t it amazing that the promise came to the shepherds? Shepherds! I remember speaking about this, but as I spoke, this is what Karen wrote as personal notes. The coming of the Savior is the grand promise kept, and news of this came to the shepherds. I am rejoicing in this news. Don’t let the busyness of this season rob you of the joy found in remembering this announcement. We might not be shepherds. We certainly aren’t the original shepherds. But we still rejoice in the Savior, Christ the Lord! Blessings on you and yours!