Mary, did you know?

This song has been coming to mind quite often this holiday season as I've been considering what it must have been like for Mary to carry the Savior of the world. How did people around her respond to her pregnancy? Did she tell them she was carrying the promised Messiah? Did she lay awake at night wondering what life would be like with God as her son? Did she ever doubt that He was the Messiah? Did she worry that she would be a "bad mom"? Was she scared of living the life God had called her to?

We can only imagine what went through Mary's head during those 9 months of pregnancy, and years of raising Jesus as her son.

Enjoy the lyrics below (Breath of Heaven by Amy Grant and Mary, Did You Know? by Mark Lowry), and be reminded yet again of the amazing miracle of Christmas--that God became man and dwelt among us!


Breath of Heaven

"I have traveled many moonless nights,
Cold and weary with a babe inside,
And I wonder what I've done.
Holy father you have come,
And chosen me now to carry your son.

I am waiting in a silent prayer.
I am frightened by the load I bear.
In a world as cold as stone,
Must I walk this path alone?
Be with me now.
Be with me now.

Breath of heaven,
Hold me together,
Be forever near me,
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven,
Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness,
For you are holy.
Breath of heaven.

Do you wonder as you watch my face,
If a wiser one should have had my place,
But I offer all I am"

Mary, Did You Know?

"Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary did you know that your baby boy would give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

Oh Mary did you know?
The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the mute will speak the praises of the Lamb.

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding is the great I AM."