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“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

“As writer Elisabeth Elliot phrased it, “The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn From Them

“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

“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”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, The Girl's Still Got It: Take a Walk with Ruth and the God Who Rocked Her World