"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!"Luke 1:42 (NKJV)
I've been thinking a lot about Mary. The Bible can be sometimes maddeningly mysterious, leaving out the details that I as a mother would really like to know. Did she have a midwife, or did she give birth for the first time, as a teenager, completely by herself? Where did the swaddling clothes come from? Did she have to clean herself up or did Joseph enlist the help of the village women to attend to her needs?
As I contemplated what it would have been like for her to be the mother of the Messiah, it struck me that she probably didn't know he was going to die. She knew he was the Son of God, the Saviour, and even though his life was threatened on many occasions, she carried the knowledge of his divinity in her heart. I imagine she was as shocked as any when he was actually executed and passed away. I can relate to her.
She was selected as worthy of the honor of raising the Son of God, a child destined to die an untimely, terrible death. As someone who has been given children whose lives were not lived as long as I expected, Mary brings me a new perspective. I have not been robbed. I have been chosen.
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WOW.. you are amazing . that totally makes sense .. oh to spend time in your mind lis..you were chosen and for so much more than youll ever know.. you are a shining light in my life . that spark i need when i really need something .. felling blue today and needed to catch up on my reading .. i read this and you dried my tears and reminded me that i have this most awesume "daughter" who has blessed our family with not only her precense and her smiles and her love , but her gift of knowledge and sharing that giftwith us .. we are so blessed.. Thankyou God for Lisa.. our Hope
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