This is one of my favorite songs, especially as done by Petatonix. I couldn't help but think about this question. Mary did you know? Of course not...and and of course, all at the same time.Inconceivably irrefutable! A young girl, a virgin, in the most unbelievable situation in the history of the world. So how could she possibly know? Inconceivable! But what about the angel? The direct word from God that this was from Him? The fact that she was a virgin, yet about to give birth? Irrefutable!
Mary did you know that your baby boy will some day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.
Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.
Oh Mary did you know
The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb
Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding is the great I am
How can we even imagine what the real gift of Christmas meant to Mary? What went through her mind with every breath that baby took? It was both impossible to believe and impossible not to believe!
Obviously she knew nothing of what was to come. But with every miracle Jesus would do, she had to remember the angels' words to her.
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
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But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
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You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
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He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
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and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
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“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
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The angel answered, “The
Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
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And the result was Luke 2:19.
"But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." It must have been true for all of Jesus life.
But then, the crucifixion. Inconceivable! But then, the resurrection. Irrefutable!
The gift of Christmas can only be understood by the message of Easter. Merry inconceivably irrefutable Christmas!
