In John Chapter 2, we read of the first miracle Jesus performed, and it began his short, 3-year ministery on this earth!
At first, Jesus seemed reluctant to perform this miracle of changing the water into wine. But in an instant He changed His mind and did it! Don't you wonder why? I did. So I studied this passage a little bit more, and realized Jesus' Mother, Mary, asked Him to! She pointed out the need of the people. And then she was so confident He would do it. She said to the servants: "Do whatever He tells you to do". She knew the time was now for his ministery and mission to begin - even before He did! She told the servants to do as He told them - they did, and instantly the people saw the miracle in their midst. His ministery began. Mary is someone we can trust to intercede on our behalf. She knows who Jesus is, and what He can do, before we know Him.
I know she is so important in my life. When I didn't know Jesus, she was the one I leaned on, the one I turned to in all the troubles of my life. Until one day I found Jesus and I'm sure she whispered in my ear "Do whatever He tells you to do". I try to, and when I do I see the miracles! I can hear Him directing my path through the pages of the bible, from mass, and from people He puts in my life to carry His love to the world. It is not the easy way, but it is the right way! Thank you, Mary, for sending me to the feet of my Lord and Savior - your son, Jesus!
God has promised to give us good things if we obey Him, just as the servants obeyed and just as He turned mere water into the best wine available, He will turn our ordinary lives into the best there is!
Mary faded away throughout the rest Jesus' ministery. We don't hear of her again until His final day - then she is there at His death and crucifiction. She was there at the foot of the cross to help take Him down and bury Him, and later she was in the upper room - praising and worshipping - when the Holy Spirit descended on them (her and the other disciples) and filled them with His Holy Spirit and they all spoke in tongues! She's here by our side, at the foot of our crosses, with us in our troubles, and she'll be there when we face death - WITH her son, Jesus!
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I think that all of us have been exposed to John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." WOW! What a promise -- we can live forever if only we believe in Jesus.
John 14:6 "Jesus said to him "I am the Way -- yes, and the truth and the Life. No one can get to the Father except by means of me."
Knowing that Jesus is the ONLY way that I can reach God the Father,
I am so very grateful to Mary for having the courage to say "Yes, Lord" and carry Jesus for nine months, then ride on a donkey for many miles and finally lie down in a stable and labor to give birth to the one who would teach us love. How would you have handled such a circumstance? I would have been complaining and whining loudly and, there is no doubt in my mind, I would have felt that God got me into a pretty hairy circumstance and then put me on hold while He took another call! Mary was so very young, she had to have felt a wide range of emotions, but she remained faithful to her commitment to God - all the way to the feet of the cross! How it must have pained her to realize all that her son had done in the past three years, and yet he was beaten and ridiculed and crucified. Through it all, she remained faithful. That is something to reflect on! Thank you, Mary, for being the vessel by which my Savior came into the world. Thank you for loving and protecting him through childhood and thank you for knowing when to let go, even though it pained you.
Wow, Sharon! Thank you for your insights and for writing them here. Our God is an Awesome God.
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