Mary, Did You Know
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19).
Mary, a young girl playing in the streets of Nazareth with her friends one day and finding she is pregnant, though a virgin and unmarried, the next. Her initial response? "How can this be" (Luke 1:34). After Jesus was born, it all began to sink in, Mary pondered all these thing in her heart. The word picture is of a cake, with all the ingredients in a bowl, being stirred up. She was putting it all together, stirring it up in her mind; the prophecies, the angelic message, the virgin birth.
She knew those chubby little hands would never be adorned with expensive gold or silver rings. They were destined for other things, like touching lepers, forming spittle for blind eyes, and eventually being pierced with Roman spikes. But she also knew that millions of us would follow in His steps. She pondered all these thing and kept them to herself.
CODE WORD: BAKE
As you enjoy a host of Christmas pastries this holiday season, let each bit remind you of Mary pondering all those thing in her heart. Get by yourself, contemplate it, meditate on it, and ponder the wonder of Bethlehem.
Lord, I honor Your in pausing to give honor to the women You chose to nurture Your own Son. Help me to be a pondered this season.
The Christmas Code by O.S. Hawkins
Mary, a young girl playing in the streets of Nazareth with her friends one day and finding she is pregnant, though a virgin and unmarried, the next. Her initial response? "How can this be" (Luke 1:34). After Jesus was born, it all began to sink in, Mary pondered all these thing in her heart. The word picture is of a cake, with all the ingredients in a bowl, being stirred up. She was putting it all together, stirring it up in her mind; the prophecies, the angelic message, the virgin birth.
She knew those chubby little hands would never be adorned with expensive gold or silver rings. They were destined for other things, like touching lepers, forming spittle for blind eyes, and eventually being pierced with Roman spikes. But she also knew that millions of us would follow in His steps. She pondered all these thing and kept them to herself.
CODE WORD: BAKE
As you enjoy a host of Christmas pastries this holiday season, let each bit remind you of Mary pondering all those thing in her heart. Get by yourself, contemplate it, meditate on it, and ponder the wonder of Bethlehem.
Lord, I honor Your in pausing to give honor to the women You chose to nurture Your own Son. Help me to be a pondered this season.
The Christmas Code by O.S. Hawkins