Yesterday I was thinking about the “songs” of Mary and Zechariah and how they didn’t realize the full implications of what the birth of Jesus really meant.
Not their fault. They went along with what they had been taught. No problem with that.
We have a few stories later in the Gospels that told of Mary’s struggle to figure out what Jesus was doing.
I thought about this figuring out thing last week as my wife and I were working a jigsaw puzzle.
I group pieces by color and begin assembling. Focusing on one piece at a time, soon I had a chunk of picture completed.
I stood up and stepped back. Suddenly the picture of the old pickup truck startled me. I could defocus and see the big picture.
Sometimes when we study, we focus on a word or phrase at a time.
Meaning only comes when we mentally step back. Maybe going outside for a walk. Maybe closing our eyes briefly and then brewing a cup of tea. Or maybe waking up during the night after a dream.
Suddenly, the big picture comes into focus. We look beyond the little snippets of scripture we recite and see what Jesus really meant.
Those are good moments worth celebrating.
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