A Lady Named Anna

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers. At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. Luke 2:36-38
This takes place when Joseph and Mary take Jesus to the temple for the first time.
I have been studying the life of Jesus and I have read over these two verses many times but rarely spent much time or thought on them. When I read these verses today this woman Anna really stuck out. She has to be a woman saturated with Gods word and love. She longed for the Messiah and now after many years she gets to see him in a very unusual way. He is a infant small and helpless. Yet she did not over look or miss him. She praised God and then shared the good news. I pray to be more like Anna.