We pray on Saturdays for those
who have lost loved ones to death, it seems to hit close to home for many. The
most unnatural thing in the world they say is burying your child , although Jesus
was an adult at the time of His death, to Mary, He was her baby, yet also her
Savior.
Lord, send your strong Father arms of comfort to those who
are grieving.
Though they are worn, give them new strength and vision for
life. Give them the hope to press on and the ability to have joy again.
The Bleeding Parent
“Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, His mother,
for the fall and rising of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be spoken
against (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also) that the hearts
of many may be revealed.” Luke 2:34-35
Mary was a young girl at the
time she conceived. She learned early
what it meant to be a bleeding parent.
One of the first prophecies spoken to her was Luke 2:34-35. As a mother, her natural impulse would have
been to shelter, nurture and protect her son.
We cannot forget that although Jesus was God in human form, He was bone
of her bone and flesh of her flesh. Her
womb was the first home for the king of kings.
Her body pushed him out. With
each contraction, His destiny and our salvation drew nearer. She bore pain for Him, that He would bear our
pain and sins.
She watched and pondered, not even knowing
fully it was He of whom was spoken, “He is a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief. And we hid as it were, our
faces from Him. He was despised and we
did not esteem Him.”(Isaiah 53:3)
He went
from son to Savior as she watched Him dying for her at the cross. We forget sometimes that He was born for the
cross. She went from being His mother to
being His child as He became a bleeding parent for her.
Prayer: Lord, you know how much we would like to hide at
times from the pain of life, especially when it involves our children. Help us
instead to help steer them to the blessings that are in our daily lives and the
Season before us.
Thought
for the Day: Sometimes as parents we bleed for our children when we see them go
through painful situations.
Prayer
Focus: Families in pain during the holidays.
Donna
Collins Tinsley
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