A Mom’s Perspective

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. (Luke 2:19, NIV)

I know, it’s already December 29, four days since Christmas. That seems so long ago, and people are already taking down their trees! For me, too much effort went into putting up that tree and I’m not removing it until all the space it’s taking up really begins to annoy me. (I used to be able to say, “until it loses all its needles”, but my living room is outa luck on that account ever since we went plastic.)

I also used the above verse in my last post, on Christmas Eve. But I think it’s worth repeating. I like the different words used by different versions of the Bible.

New Century Version says, “But Mary treasured these things and continued to think about them.”

New Living Translation tells us, “But Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.”

The Message says, “Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself.”

I think all of us moms have things we remember and cherish about the births of our children. Mary was no different from us in that respect.

But we know what happened to Mary’s Son. How much more would we hold those memories tight in our hearts if we knew one of our children would die such a horrible death? And why. 

Maybe that’s why I treasure the Christmas Story so much.