Luke 2:19 tells us that Mary treasured up all the things that have happened to her and pondered them in her heart. When we consider the events leading up to the birth of Jesus, we see four experiences which Mary pondered and prized: injustice, inconvenience, insufficiency, and incompatibility. We face these same events in our life and it’s important we recognize that God is faithful, not predictable. Especially during seasons in which God isn’t doing what we think he should be doing! Is there an injustice in your life you think God should correct? Is there a problem you face you think God should fix? There are real questions many of us are asking but as we pray, may we remember that God’s plans may differ from ours, but He is faithful, not predictable.
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Homework
Make a list of the important moments in your life and ponder them.
Make a list of the most painful moments in your life and ponder them.
See how God may connect the dots for you and see His plan may have been at work the whole time.
Song recommendation: “I Heard the Bells” (Mercy Me)
Book recommendation: Advent Devotional “Celebrate Wonder & Joy” by Margaret Feinberg
Verse: Isaiah 43:18-19
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”
