Advent, week 2: Peace

Advent, week 2: Peace

From Lucky Words by Jeffrey Windsor

December 11, 2025 · 7 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of peace in the context of biblical pregnancies and societal challenges faced by Mary and Elisabeth.

Yes, yes it’s very late (again!). I apologize. ON PEACE When Elisabeth finally (finally!) got pregnant, she had to deal with the discomforts of carrying a baby all the while her husband was struck mute. She said that her “reproach” was taken away, but it is hard to imagine that it was a very pleasant time. Meanwhile, her young unmarried cousin, Mary, was also pregnant. More unpleasantness. Mary was “highly favored” among women, but still forced to deal with a pregnancy and the inevitable gossip that surrounded that. Not to mention: travel and childbirth in less-than-ideal conditions. Not only was the birth in a stable, but Mary didn’t have her own mother, any sisters or cousins, any of her support structure except a new husband who probably had never even seen her naked. It sounds like an awkward, lonely way to deliver a child. God sometimes has a funny way of blessing his favorites. It isn’t with comfort, that’s obvious enough. It isn’t with a golden ticket to avoid social scandal. It isn’t with material goods, nor with respite from political strife, nor freedom from family troubles. He doesn’t immediately free His people from oppression, stop wars, or even step in to halt the…

Topics covered

  • peace
  • pregnancy
  • social scandal
  • God's blessings

Keywords

  • Advent
  • comfort
  • oppression
  • angels
  • worldly peace

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