If there is one thing I have learned it
is how deeply a mother hurts when her children are in any kind of
pain, physically or emotionally. I cannot begin to imagine the pain
and agony Mary must have suffered in that final week before her Son's
Crucifixion and then seeing her Son hanging on that cross. What I
do believe though is that there is much about Jesus life before
ministry that has been kept hidden from our eyes.
Mary knew her Son was different from
any other man. From the moment of the miraculous conception and the
Angel's visit, she knew their lives would not be ordinary. I can
believe we can draw inference from her behaviour that there must have
been many times throughout Jesus life where they would have sat down
and discussed how things would play out. I know certainly if I had
been Jesus mother and known His future destiny, I would have said to
Him many times, “run me through this again, I need to understand.”
In the movie, “The passion of the Christ” we simply see her say,
“it begins.”
Yes...... I believe she did know. As a
Jewish woman she would have been aware of the hope of the Messiah and
though in that time women were not educated, I believe Jesus would
have sat with her many times and explained the scriptures and all the
prophesies about His arrest, the mock trial, the persecution and then
His death.
But.... I believe she also knew one
other thing! He would rise again. Do you not find it odd that after
His resurrection that scripture makes no reference at all to Mary
being in shock or disbelief? No, she knew, she really knew. At the
time Mary would not have had the benefit of hind sight therefore she
had to trust her Son's words to be true.
Today we do have the benefit of hind
sight, we know the full story from beginning to end and there is only
one thing left for us to
do................................................
BELIEVE !!!!
May you and your family be blessed this
Easter and I'll see you again on the other side of resurrection
Sunday!
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