Poignant Questions: Mary Did You Know?

 

Daily Gratitude Year 12 - Day 339: Today, I am grateful for poignant questions like "Mary, did you know?"

Mark Lowery wrote the lyrics to "Mary, Did You Know" but it was many years later that Buddy Greene provided the tune. I heard him talk about carrying the lyrics around in his pocket. He knew it was special and wanted to get it just right. 

"Mary, Did You Know?" is a question that was surely asked of Jesus's mother. How did she answer? We do not know, but we know that she knew more than she disclosed at times. 

Did she hold up a finger for his healing touch when she cut her finger? Did he multiply the flour and oil when the rations were low in their humble home? Did he inspire awe as she watched him interact with the other children? 

The scriptures do not tell us very much about Jesus's childhood. We do know that the first public miracle recorded happened at the wedding of a family friend. Jesus turned the water into the finest wine. Mary knew he could help. 

The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”  “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” -John 2:3-5

"Do whatever he tells you." was a statement of confidence from the Mother of the Messiah. In a blink, her first born baby boy was a grown man in his thirties. Was she excited for others to know what she had pondered in her heart for so many years? 

She was the mother of the Messiah. She was completely human, yet she had carried the holy child in her womb. Can we even imagine it? The wonder and the wonderful combined. 

Today, I am grateful for poignant questions like "Mary, did you know?"