Mary did you know?

I have been wondering a lot lately - for obvious reasons - about what the future holds for Caleb. Most often as we sit together and he is nursing, I look at him and I wonder...
- I wonder what kind of boy he'll become
- I wonder what kind of man he'll become
- I wonder if he'll have the trademark sarcastic humor that runs in my family.
- I wonder if he'll be a good boy
- I wonder how he'll do in school
- I wonder who he will marry
- I wonder if he's going to wear ridiculous clothes that will frustrate me when he's a teenager.

Long before I had Caleb, I've always loved Philippians 2:5-11 -
⁵Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
⁶Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
⁷but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
⁹Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

But one day, as I sat wondering, this came to mind - that Jesus - who is God, became FULLY human. Which means that Mary sat nursing him, just like I am Caleb, and he woke up throughout the night, just like any baby - even though he was FULLY God at that same time. It's just mind blowing.

So yesterday, in the Easter service, my friend Mauricio sang a solo of the song 'Mary did you know'; it made tears come to my eyes as it articulated all of these thoughts much better than I had. Here are the lyrics:


Mary, did you know
that your baby boy will one day walk on water?

Mary, did you know
that your baby boy will 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 will give sight to a blind man?

Mary, did you know
your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?

Did you know,
that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little baby,
you've kissed the face of God.

Mary, did you know
that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?

Mary, did you know
that your baby boy will 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.

Happy Easter (a day late) - every day is a good day to remember the resurrection of the Lord!