Luke 1:55
He has ... [remembered] to be merciful to Abraham and his decendants forever...

If you're anything like me (and probably the rest of humanity), you hate waiting in lines. I can't stand it. In fact, my least favorite places to go are amusement parks because they are anything but amusing. It is one agonizing line after another for mere seconds of amusement. Holiday shopping is no different. It is so hard to stay festive when you're looking at the back of the same person's head for 30 minutes while you wait to pay for a pack of gum! But there is one thing that's worse than waiting in line: waiting in the wrong line!

I remember in college standing in long lines to register for classes and then to purchase books. In fact, there was one time that I stood in line only to be told that I had indeed been foolishly waiting in the wrong long line and that I needed to go get in the back of the right long line. ARGGGGHHHHHH! There is nothing worse than that, and the last thing I want to do in this life is be in the wrong line. Mary praised God for being One who is always merciful and faithful to help those who were in the right line, and if we are spiritual descendants of Abraham, then we're in that line. We have waited with others who also have placed their faith in Christ and who are no longer relying on good works to get them to heaven and this verse assures us that our wait is not in vain! He will remember to be merciful to the people who are in this line.

But wait! There's more! (Sorry, that was a bit over the top...) It's possible that you're reading this and you're starting to feel like I did that day in college. You're realizing that you, too, have been standing too long in the wrong line. Your line is filled with people who are trying to live a good life, who are trying to do the right thing and who are hoping that God will overlook the bad stuff because of all the good. It's not too late to switch lines. Go on. Do it.

After all, there's nothing worse than being in the wrong line.

Especially when eternity's at stake.