Silence of Mary Jim Garrett
My mother would have been yelling & screaming NOOOOOO!!!
But Mary knew Jesus was her first born, a virgin birth, the true Son of God.
She had carried him in her womb on a donkey to Bethlehem where He was born in a manger. She had held him and like all mothers had probably counted His fingers and toes. The very fingers that had scooped out the valleys, created the mountains, the toes that had trod the earth, the lips that had spoken everything into being.
When she kissed His little cheeks, she was kissing the Face of God.
Can you imagine Jesus childhood? Can you imagine what His brothers probably went through? Mary would get exasperated at one of them and say, “why can’t you be like Jesus? He is perfect.”
Have you ever gone into your child’s room and wondered where you went wrong? Mary might have said, “Jesus, what is the matter with you? Look at your room! Were you born in a barn?”
Mary knew, she was there when the shepherds’ came, she was there when He stayed behind on His Father’s business in the Temple. And now she was there at the cross witnessing Him fulfilling the scriptures.
She had delivered Him in the manger in Bethlehem and here at Calvary He was delivering her. And Mary stood there in silence as she watched Jesus fulfill the scriptures and do what only He could do – offer the ultimate sacrifice for the salvation for all of us.