Mary ponders the promise.
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In a blockbuster movie, the camera would linger on Mary’s face, or on baby Isaac with Sarah. The light would be all glowy, and then…fade to the end music. But the reality of the Biblical texts is more rough and complex. Abraham would soon be called to hold a knife against Isaac’s throat, and Mary would receive another word from God. “A sword will pierce your soul also.”
Before that, she and Joseph would flee with the babe from murderous Herod.
Flight into Egypt - Christina Sheppard, 1980
Where does the journey end for these good souls? For us? Read the rest of this entry »
In Mary’s time, she must have heard the great words:
“The wolf will romp with the lamb…
Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill on my holy mountain.”
Isaiah 11:6,9
But What did she see when she looked out her front door?
Alexey Pismenny, 2008
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