Have you ever felt rejected? Have you ever felt that nobody paid any attention to your words? I felt the same, for although I called aloud and raised my voice in the public squares, nobody listened to me. Even in the gateways where the city council meets, I made my speeches, but no one mended his way. Am I a prophet? No, but I am a female, and my enemies are fools. Who am I?

How many of us have been blessed with saintly parents and grand-parents? How many of us have benefited from their godly instruction, their exemplary lives and their prayers for us? I am one such grandmother who had a “sincere faith.” The same faith characterized my daughter, _____, as well as my grandson, _____. We lived at Lystra.

I am dearly loved by my husband. He gives me a double portion to offer to the Lord , but the Lord had kept me from having children. Despite my husbands interest in and concern for me, I could not be comforted, especially when his other wife continued to irritate me. In desperation, I wept and prayed fervently to the Lord for a son. The priest mistakenly imagined that I was drunk, just like the onlookers on Pentecost imagined that regarding Peter and the other apostles. But the Lord answered my prayer and He inspired me, as He later did those apostles, to speak of His grace.