Mary, Did You Know?

Despite all the crazy, hectic days this time of year, I really do love Christmas! As I am scurrying around trying to decorate or wrap gifts or make some yummies for our family Christmas caroling, I have my cd player cranked up and am singing my little heart out.

One of my favorite songs is "Mary, Did You Know". Several years ago I found a piano arrangement I absolutely love - and then tweaked it a bit to be mine :-) One of the first times I played it, my son, Andrew, made a power point to go with it. He found some incredible pictures that brought out the tenderness of a new mother with her baby.

Now, I will tread carefully here - for I know Jesus was God; Emmanuel ~ God with us, here in the flesh. But he was also human. (That fact has always blown my mind!) So when Mary concluded her pregnancy and went through labor - it was a baby she held in her arms. A baby.

Obviously Mark Lowry, who penned the words to the song, has read his Bible and knows the accounts of Jesus as He lived His life. Jesus did walk on water and heal the blind and deaf. He was sent to deliver us and had walked where angels walked.

But I love how Mark also captured what Mary must have been thinking as she held that tiny baby in her arms - as she kissed His little face, she was touching God. Although He was sleeping - Jesus was the great I Am. Wow - amazing!

Christmas is such a wonderful time for many reasons. But the most important one of all is that we celebrate the birth of the One who
~ came to give us freedom from our bondage of sin
~ walks with us every step of our life
~ cares about everything that touches us
~ is preparing a place for us to be with Him ~ forever
~ loves us and has called us by name
~ is, indeed, the great I AM!