I used my imagination to ponder what it must have been like for Mary to have experienced all that we read about in Luke 1 & 2. She was so young, it was such scandalous thing to be pregnant before she was married. She probably felt very alone, and the even the pregnancy... all those hormones, enduring a birth in a stable, with only a man, who she didn't really know that well... that is a lot to handle. It occurred to me that God must have been so sweet to meet her emotional needs through this experience. Somehow, she didn't freak out. Um, I think I might have... unless God was supper near. I'm thinking that v. 19 shows us a key. Mary's thoughts were centered on herself, on her problems... they were centered on God and his works. Seems that Mary might have learned the principal taught to us in Phil. 4:8-9 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." Two keys to peace, having our thoughts on the right stuff and obedience. Lacking peace? Could one of those two areas be the reason?
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Wow. This is timely for me. I just decided to catch up on the last couple of days posts by Coreen because I've been sick. I read day 8 and 9 yesterday and I'll get to that in a minute. For right now, I will say this: I am having a mental/emotional/spiritual battle going on inside of my head today and just feeling yuck. I am experiencing that because I found myself meditating on a situation in my life. I thought of the verse from either day 8 or day 9 that the prayer was about letting our meditations and words be pleasing to God. I LITERALLY just prayed "ok, God, so what do you want me to be thinking about?" Coreen, I needed to hear this.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as for Jesus's real-life-ness, and as another 33-year-old single, I wanna know how he handled hormones!!!! SERIOUSLY!
My first thought is: He didn't do it alone! He did it being 'filled with the Holy Spirit,' and baited in the love of his Father (this is my son in whom I am well pleased).
ReplyDeleteAlso, just a thought... can you imagine how many women must have been attracted to Jesus? I know the Bible said he wasn't much to look at, but all of his other qualities must have made 1000s of women swoon over him, and use all their womanly powers to try to catch his attention.
Your post made me smile. Thank you for the encouragement and the humor!