I think we may think that the Christmas story is idealistic. Full of perfect situations and perfect people…that we cannot related to…that is not the case! Christmas is filled with scandal and drama…and draw dropping…Wait…What? Are you serious? The genealogy of Jesus…HIS human ancestry…is filled with scandal! Scandal after Scandal! The women mentioned in the genealogy are not perfect women…they are not perfect moms…they are mom’s that have had scandal in their past! And you know…Mary…the mother of Jesus will become woman with scandal in her life! Our text this morning is not about Mary, but a woman who had scandalous life…until she put her faith in God!

This morning I want to talk to you about waiting. Most of us don’t like to wait. Do you like wait? When you go out to eat do you like to wait? When you are at the grocery store…do you like to stand in line? Maybe you have had this experience…you go to Wal-Mart where they have like 27 registers…and only one person running a register? Do you like waiting? Most of us don’t! If we had our way…we get everything we wanted…as soon as we wanted it! Even if it wasn’t any good for us!

As you continue fulfill God’s plan for your life…I want you to know that there will be opportunities to disobey! I call them DISOBEDIENCE PROBLEMS! Obedience is doing what is right regardless of your personal feelings.