IMITATE THEIR FAITH/MARY - She Survived the Long Sword of Grief - "A LONG SWORD WILL RUN THROUGH YOU"

 Was Mary's faith in Jesus rewarded? Jehovah never fails to reward faith, and surely Mary's case was no exception. (Hebrews 11:6) Just imagine what it was like for her to hear her son speak or to hear reports of his sermons from others who heard firsthand.

In her son's illustration, did Mary detect some echoes of Jesus' childhood as he was growing up in Nazareth? When Jesus spoke of a woman sweeping her house to find a lost coin, grinding flour for bread, or lighting a lamp and setting it atop a stand, did Mary think of that little boy who had been at her side as she carried out such daily tasks? (Luke 11:33; 15:8, 9; 17:35) When Jesus said that his yoke was kindly and his load light, did Mary think back on some golden Afternoon long ago when she watched Joseph teach a young Jesu how make and shape a yoke withe care so that an animal could bear it in comfort? (Matthew 111:30) Surely Mary found immense satisfaction in contemplating the privilege that Jehovah has given her in life-that of helping to raise and train a sin who would become the Messiah. She must have found unique joy in listening to Jesus, the greatest of human teachers, who took such commonplace objects and scenes and drew from them the most profound of lessons!

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