Compliments of Pixabay
Reprinted by permission from Gay N. Lewis
Did Mary Ever Wonder?
to our children.
Mary, mother to Jesus, must have thought about that, too.
The Scripture says she pondered many things in her heart.
Bringing up a child is complicated, but the Son of God?
That was quite a challenge.
She must have wondered if she was doing it right.
Mary once lost Jesus when He was twelve years old. He'd
stayed in Jerusalem and she didn't know it.
If a mom did that today, she'd be arrested for child negligence.
And why is the child uncovered? Another case of negligence?
In most nativity scenes, the baby looks cold. Everyone
else has on layered garments. Poor baby.
Why didn't Mary cover the child with more?
Scripture says she wrapped Him in swaddeling cloths.
Interesting attire, right? So the depiction is wrong. Mary
wrapped Jesus properly.
By the way, what in the crazy world is swaddeling
cloths? Here's the answer. They were long strips
of cloth and mothers wound them tightly around them
the baby.
Changing a diaper wasn't easy.
Mary was a human mom with an unusual baby. She must
have prayed for guidance daily. I'm guessing she doubted
herself at times, but she was an amazing mother.
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