She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem. Luke 2:38b
The joke goes like this: if you want news to spread, tell a woman. She’s faster than Wi-Fi and twice as reliable!
Think women are the newsiest because they talk more than men? Think again.
Science has busted that myth. One study showed women speak an average of 16,215 words a day, while men use 15,669—a difference of just 546 words![1]
When God wanted to declare some of the best news ever, He used women to do it.
The Bible tells us of Anna, who was a prophetess and the first to broadcast the news in the Jewish Temple that baby Jesus was the Messiah. Scripture says, “She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem” (Luke 2:38b).
The coming birth of the Messiah was incredibly hopeful news. But even more powerful? The news that Jesus had come back to life after He was crucified. The first person to be told that news was Mary Magdalene. She’d gone to Jesus’s tomb early in the morning but on arrival, an angel told her that Jesus had risen and said, “ … go, tell his disciples’“ (Mark 16:6-7a NIV). And Scripture says that “Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, ‘I have seen the Lord!’“ (John 20:18a).
God created women with a remarkable ability to connect, influence, and speak His truth. If you’re a woman who follows Jesus, don’t let that voice go unused and spend it on idle talk about the latest episode of your favorite show—use it to share the life-changing news of His love with someone who needs hope. Not a woman? You likely know one. Challenge her, champion her, and remind her: the gospel, rooted in Christ—and shared through her—can change lives.
[1] Mehl, Matthias R., et al. “Are Women Really More Talkative Than Men?” Science, vol. 317, no. 5834, 2007, pp. 82–82. Science, doi:10.1126/science.1139940.
