From
this talk:
Even as
believers, however, when we are a part of encapsulating events, we can
scarcely savor all that swirls about us. It is unlikely, for instance,
on that night so long ago in Bethlehem,
that Joseph and Mary looked at the newly born Christ child’s feet with
the realization that those feet would, one day, walk the length and
breadth of the Holy Land. And, further, that, later on, spikes would
pierce those feet.
As a loving
Mary grasped those tiny hands, and, as in the months ahead those tiny
hands clasped her, did she know that those hands, when grown, would
ordain the original Twelve or, still later, carry the rough-hewn cross?
As she heard
her Baby cry, did she hear intimations of Jesus’ later weeping at the
death of Lazarus or after blessing the Nephite children? (See
John 11:35;
3 Ne. 17:21–22.)
Did she foresee that those baby-soft knees would later be hardened by
so much prayer, including those glorious but awful hours in Gethsemane?
(See
Matt. 26:36–56.)
As she bathed
that Babe so many times to cleanse His pores, could she have been
expected to foresee that one day, years later, drops of blood would come
from His every pore? (See
Mosiah 3:7.)
There is such a
thing as cheerful, believing participation—even without full
understanding—when you and I keep certain things in our hearts and are
nourished as we ponder them! (See
Luke 2:19.)
