Luke 2:19
New King James Version (NKJV)
19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
I sometimes wonder what went through Mary's heart as she held her baby boy in her arms. What did she know? How much did she understand? She must've had some inkling. After all, it's not everyday you are visited by the angel Gabriel who then tells you that the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and you will conceive a baby who shall save the world. But then at the same time she must've looked down at her baby boy, Jesus, King of the World, and to her he was just her baby boy. Her beautiful, perfect child . . . the child that she wanted nothing more than to protect and love and shelter from the harsh world.
Can you even imagine? Angels are visiting you in person, your husband in dreams. Shepherds are rushing to the stable (fancy word for barn) where you just gave birth and kneeling before your newborn son. Kings take a journey of almost two years to present your child with extravagant gifts. You flee to Egypt because another king wants your child dead . . . Yes, I can believe that Mary did quite a lot of pondering. The confusion and fascination, the fear and awe Mary must have felt through all of this.
Mary did you know?
Did you know that you held the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in your arms? Did you know that you rocked true perfection, God, come to earth in human form to sleep each night? When you sang songs to your baby boy you sang praises to the Most High God?
Mary did you know?
I sometimes wonder what went through Mary's heart as she held her baby boy in her arms. What did she know? How much did she understand? She must've had some inkling. After all, it's not everyday you are visited by the angel Gabriel who then tells you that the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and you will conceive a baby who shall save the world. But then at the same time she must've looked down at her baby boy, Jesus, King of the World, and to her he was just her baby boy. Her beautiful, perfect child . . . the child that she wanted nothing more than to protect and love and shelter from the harsh world.
Can you even imagine? Angels are visiting you in person, your husband in dreams. Shepherds are rushing to the stable (fancy word for barn) where you just gave birth and kneeling before your newborn son. Kings take a journey of almost two years to present your child with extravagant gifts. You flee to Egypt because another king wants your child dead . . . Yes, I can believe that Mary did quite a lot of pondering. The confusion and fascination, the fear and awe Mary must have felt through all of this.
Mary did you know?
Did you know that you held the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in your arms? Did you know that you rocked true perfection, God, come to earth in human form to sleep each night? When you sang songs to your baby boy you sang praises to the Most High God?
Mary did you know?
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