Luke 2:19-20
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen which were just as they had been told.
Reflection
Mary treasured and pondered all the happenings of that one evening in her heart. What did she have to ponder? A harried and hurried arrival in Bethlehem complete with the impending birth of her baby. She pondered the moments of anxiety when she wondered if her child might be born in the street because there was no room for them in the inns of the city. She pondered how the Son of God could be born in such a place as a stable. Mary pondered the arrival of these strange shepherds who told an incredible story of angels in the sky heralding the birth of a child. Did Mary know what all of these things meant? Mary probably didn’t put all the pieces together but she did know that something special was happening.
As we ponder the ways that God works in our lives are we trusting that God is planning to do something special in and through us?
