Mary Pondered Them in Her Heart
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Key Verse:
Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself.
Luke 2:19 MSG
[Editor's Note: Katie is one of the youth from the church, and we are thrilled to have her share her viewpoint on these verses.]
Luke 2:1-20 talks about the Christmas story leading up to Jesus’ birth. But for me, the most interesting verse is verse 19. In the NIV version, Verse 19 says: “ But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” And Verse 19 KJV says: “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.”
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Well, what might that mean? I don't know, but it means something. Every verse in the Bible means something. Maybe that's something we can ask God in heaven.
A good example of pondering something in your heart is an occurrence of something I did when I was little. Sometimes my mom would say something, thinking I wasn't listening, but hours later I would come to her and ask about it. Now, I would say I still do this, but I don't want to admit it because I want to pretend I didn't hear anything. (If you actually understood what I said, good job you were paying attention to this paragraph!) Sometimes I wonder if God is doing something quietly and waiting to see if we're paying attention.
Hope you pay attention this season, and every season, to God's gifts. This helped me understand Luke 2:19, hope this also helped you understand it!
God, please help me with understanding and noticing some of the things you put in my life, seeing if I notice. Thank you for all the things you put in my life that I have noticed. In your Son’s holy name, Amen.
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