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A Woman Named Damaris This entry was posted on 09-27-2006 and is filed under Devotional. "However, some men joined him and believed, among them
Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them"
(Acts 17:34 NKJV).
Paul visited Athens in A.D. 52 and proclaimed the resurrection of Christ on Mar's Hill (Areopagus). The majority of his audience mocked the message, but a few became believers – including "a woman named Damaris." Damaris (her name means "gentle") must have been the daughter of a wealthy family for only the "hatari" (privileged few) could, as a woman, ever attend the University of Athens or the male-dominated meetings on Areopagus. Her remarkable conversion to Christ was significant. Here was an aristocratic Athenian woman who gave her life to Jesus. (It may interest you to know that for some time I have been working on a novel based on this woman's life.) The decision Damaris made that day changed her life forever - and reserved for her a place in sacred history forever by being named by Luke as a convert in Athens where the majority foolishly rejected Christ. Prayer/Song: My life, my love I give to Thee, Thou Lamb of God who died for me; Oh, may I ever faithful be, My Savior and my God! O Thou who died on Calvary, to save my soul and make me free, I'll consecrate my life to Thee, My Savior and my God! (R. E. Hudson). |
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