DAMARIS !!!!!!!

DAMARIS !!!!!!! __# 1 _A few men bacame followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others. (ACTS 17:34) __Luke mentions some men who accepted Christ as their Savior when they heard Paul's message in Athens, then sddenly he drops in the name of a woman: Damris. Perhaps, as John Chrysostom, a fourth-century archbishop of Constantinople, thought, she was te wife of Dionysius.

# 2 _Others suggest she was an important, educated woman, perhaps from another country. But in an age when women rarely got much mention, she must have had some stature to be listed immediately after a member of Athen's ruling council. Indeed, for her to be present at the meeting where Paul spoke would indicate she had some unusual importance.  

# 3 _The next time someone tells you women aren't important in the Bible, remind them of Damaris, Priscilla, and the Marys of the Gospels. People may write women off as being unimportant, but God never does. He includes them at every point in His story of redemption.

# 4 _You, too, are important to God. Whether or not you're ever mentioned in a book or known worldwide, God cares for you. His Son died for you, to draw you to His side. No one for whom Jesus died is unimportant or forgotten.