Memories are the treasure of your heart, written in your mind.
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But she was greatly perplexed at what he said,
and kept carefully considering what kind of greeting this was.
Luke 1:29 AMP
But Mary treasured all these things,
giving careful thought to them and pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:19 AMP
His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:51B AMP
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Three times Luke tells us that Mary “considered, thought, pondered” all that was happening. Where the shepherds enthusiastically told everyone, Mary quietly treasured everything in her heart.
There is as much a place for quiet contemplation as there is for joyful broadcast of the good news. Christmas is one of those times. In this, the busiest of seasons, give yourself the gift of quiet thought about the treasures in your heart.
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It comes every year and will go on forever.
And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs.
Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to,
and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart.
Marjorie Holmes