This chapter tells one of the most famous stories of all time: the birth of Christ. I really key in on a repeated phrase here - Luke repeatedly says that Mary treasured these things in her heart. I think that Mary was putting the pieces together from the beginning. From the moment that she first conceived Christ, I think she started trying to figure out what was special about Him, and I don't really believe that she innately knew.
Of course she knew how He was conceived, so she knew He was special. I don't think that she realized the message that He would share or the death that was going to come. Like most other Jews of the time, she was likely looking for a Messiah in the form of a warrior, so I think she was just as surprised as anyone to find out how things were really going to be. The key, though, is that she was listening and watching for the signs and she did not fight against it.
In your own life, are you trying to make things fit into your view of how events should unfold or are you quietly listening and watching and keeping your mind open to the way God wants things to work out?
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