"A Son to a Mother"

 "When Jesus therefore saw his mother and disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!" (John 19:26 KJV)

  "I lift me eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven. We keep looking up is the LORD our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal. Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt. We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant." (PSALM 123 NLT)

 Not quite sure about that word, 'Amazed,' because it bothered me most of the day how it was that I was able to place that word into that situation. I guess it could have been the sight I imagined; how Mary felt as she stood there, her soul being pierced, her heart broken, and her mind overwhelmed by the image she saw of her son, the Son of the Living God! 

 There was only one way for her to be able to hold her composure, to be able to stand there, upright, without throwing herself upon the ground; and that way was simple, but extremely complex. With all that she knew, with her faith fixed upon the Eternal Living God, she gave it all to God! That is all she could do, what she had to do; this was no longer her child, but the Son of the God! 

 When you look at it from that point of view, you see something that is extremely amazing and hard to comprehend; you see that God's love knows no bounds! That was His one and only Son, that was hanging upon that cross; beaten and nailed to those beams, an offering for the sins of the world, to save everyone from their sins. What was a mother to do? 

 As you know, Jesus knows our thoughts; He knew the thoughts Mary was thinking, that her heart was breaking! What's a son to do? Comfort her...

"Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross." (Philippians 2:4-8 NLT)