But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart...Luke 2:19
I ponder a lot of things in my heart. A lot.
Usually... mostly worried thoughts and anxious attitudes. Usually.
Us girls have a way of carrying our concerns close to our hearts...especially when it comes to our kiddos. I think we are wired like that. We carried those babies in our bodies for 9 months...but we carry them in our hearts forever.
Like every mama, Mary carried her baby in her body for the duration of the pregnancy and then carried her SON, in her heart. But beautiful Mary, the mama of JESUS, did a real cool thing. A thing i often forget to do. I thing i wanna learn to do better.
Mary would gather the amazing, wonderful about her kid. Mary would collect the mysteries and possibilities about her kid. Mary would grab hold of and pull together all the magnificent potential about her kid. And she would hide those things in her heart...like a stockpile of hidden treasure...and she would pull that cherished accumulation out frequently...and she would meditate on it.
There were words spoken over JESUS life when HE was a baby...spoken directly into MARY'S ears, that she was gonna have to remember as she mothered this child. Mary was gonna have to remember. She was gonna have to hide those words away for latter...when life got hard.
Now I'm a mom of many children. And none of them are JESUS. Yet, I am determined to follow the example of Mary in mothering my babies. I am determined to remember the good stuff, the fun stuff, the creative stuff, the wonder stuff...and the mark of potential of every one of my 9 kids.
I am more resolved than ever to pull out of my treasure box of memories the promises from scripture and the words from the LORD, spoken over my kids lives, directly into my ears. I intend on pondering and musing over and mediating on the hidden treasure of my heart until it becomes the thoughts at the forefront of my mind.
I'm searching..... for buried... under worried... treasure...and I'm gonna find it!
I ponder a lot of things in my heart. A lot.
Usually... mostly worried thoughts and anxious attitudes. Usually.
Us girls have a way of carrying our concerns close to our hearts...especially when it comes to our kiddos. I think we are wired like that. We carried those babies in our bodies for 9 months...but we carry them in our hearts forever.
Like every mama, Mary carried her baby in her body for the duration of the pregnancy and then carried her SON, in her heart. But beautiful Mary, the mama of JESUS, did a real cool thing. A thing i often forget to do. I thing i wanna learn to do better.
Mary would gather the amazing, wonderful about her kid. Mary would collect the mysteries and possibilities about her kid. Mary would grab hold of and pull together all the magnificent potential about her kid. And she would hide those things in her heart...like a stockpile of hidden treasure...and she would pull that cherished accumulation out frequently...and she would meditate on it.
There were words spoken over JESUS life when HE was a baby...spoken directly into MARY'S ears, that she was gonna have to remember as she mothered this child. Mary was gonna have to remember. She was gonna have to hide those words away for latter...when life got hard.
Now I'm a mom of many children. And none of them are JESUS. Yet, I am determined to follow the example of Mary in mothering my babies. I am determined to remember the good stuff, the fun stuff, the creative stuff, the wonder stuff...and the mark of potential of every one of my 9 kids.
I am more resolved than ever to pull out of my treasure box of memories the promises from scripture and the words from the LORD, spoken over my kids lives, directly into my ears. I intend on pondering and musing over and mediating on the hidden treasure of my heart until it becomes the thoughts at the forefront of my mind.
I'm searching..... for buried... under worried... treasure...and I'm gonna find it!