Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.
(Isaiah 53:6 (NAS))
This time of year is when we think about the birth of Jesus and celebrate what God set in motion in these simple events.
We realize that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Have you ever stopped to consider what that entails or have you thought about it from the view point of Mary, His mother?
Could you honestly feel no emotion if you knew that an infant would suffer and die for something that you had done?
What did Mary feel when she held Jesus for the first time? Did she see what was to come, or did she see only a baby? We may never know the answer to that question in this lifetime. We can know what we would feel if we were placed in that situation where we know that an infant was born to suffer and die for us. Thinking of Jesus as an adult, as the Son of God, makes it easier to comprehend and think about.
Think about Jesus as the infant who was sent by God to suffer and to die for us. Think about being the parents of that infant and having knowledge of the prophecies of what is to come. Jesus was fully God, yet He was fully man. He had earthly parents who loved Him and fully understood what was to happen.
What if you knew?
Could you face that in the life of “your” child?
Copyright 1998 – 2012 Dennis J. Smock
Daily Living Ministries, Inc.
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