"And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." (John 2:3-5 KJV)
"Mary asked the angel, "But how can this happen? I am a virgin." The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. What's more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." Mary responded, "I am the Lord's servant. May everything you have said about me come true." And then the angel left her." (Luke 1:34-38 NLT)
A couple thoughts come to mine, as I ponder this question: Was it His time, or not? Some speculate that Mary was simply wanting Jesus so sooth the people over, as if His words could have caused them to take their minds off wanting more wine, and just be satisfied with water. Whatever you might think was her reason, I am pretty sure she wasn't expecting words to be part of the celebration; nothing the servants could do, had much to do about words!
If there is one thing that I know, having watched my wife with raising our son, mothers mark down things that their children do! Seriously, this is vitally important to this story! Especially in this modern day we are living in, everything is documented in seconds, with the click of a phone picture, with that flick of a post; hardly nothing goes undocumented, and everything is processed in the time it happens.
Okay, maybe that is not such a good thing, now that I think of it. If it can be stored in the cloud, why cloud your mind up trying to remember it? But seriously, my wife never forgot to write things down in her virtual Baby Book! She actually had a real book, but not everything went into it; most of the basic things did, like walking and talking; but the things that were unique and specially his, she made a place in her heart for them to be written down, forever!
I am convinced without a doubt, that Mary expected Jesus to do something; not something anyone else could do, but something that only He could do: A miracle! Even if it involved changing the water being poured out into their cups, or refilling the empty bottles! Nothing was impossible, as far as she was concerned; anything He told those servants to do, it was going to perform what needed to be done...
"When they couldn't find him, they went back to Jerusalem to search for him there. Three days later they found him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions. All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. His parents didn't know what to think. "Son," his mother said to him, "why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere." "But why did you need to search?" he asked. "Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?" But they didn't understand what he meant. Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart." (Luke 2:45-51 NLT)
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