
poetry:
By Ray Hawkins, Beauty Point
Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:51
Mary’s First Christmas Ponderings Mary pondered so many things in her heart That very first Christmas day: Shepherds arrival and delight As they saw Christ that night Enthroned in the manger! Angels’ words they’d relayed With joy and faith displayed. The Saviour had been born, The Bread of Life had come, As foretold, to Bethlehem. Mary pondered disturbing things in her heart That very first Christmas time! Simeon, one of the prophets, Stood upon the Temple steps Speaking words of future things, The child’s fame through suffering. Mary’s joy one day would mourn For this promised one now born. The Light to the Gentiles had come As foretold, to Bethlehem. Mary pondered personal things in her heart That very first Christmas night! Anna, a widow of many years Saw in Him that mercy was here With a song of thankfulness Celebrating God’s faithfulness She shared the news of God’s grace Which had come to the Human race, As foretold, to Bethlehem. Mary pondered so many things in her heart That very first Christmas morn! Told that her heart would be pierced As though by a sword sharp, fierce. This child, when grown, would be rejected Though no fault in Him was detected. Jesus would taste the people’s scorn By whip, sword and a cross torn, And yet to triumph, He had come As foretold, to Bethlehem. © Raymond N. Hawkins. Dec 2017