Mary Knew

Have you ever thought what it might have really been like for Mary?  She was pregnant without a husband, and the father of the baby was her heavenly Father.  Nevermind the awe she must have felt, the humility, the joy.  Nevermind the puzzling situation she found herself in, and nevermind the wonder.
Luke 1:26-30   In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,  to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 
What about when the Pharisees and Sadducees and people she grew up knowing accused Jesus of lying about who He was?  Mary knew.  Did they accuse her of being a harlot?  Did they look at her with disdain?
John 6:41-42  So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 
Mark 6:2-4  And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household." 
They disregarded all that Christ said about Himself to the point of murder. They did not just mock him and laugh at Him.  They wanted Him gone.
Matthew 26:3-4  Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.  
But Mary knew.  Even Jesus' brothers did not believe until after the resurrection.  Did Mary not tell them? Obviously if she did, it wasn't convincing enough.  Questions must have run through their minds, too.
John 7:5  For not even his brothers believed in him. 
It did not matter what they said or what they did or how convincing their arguments.
Mary always knew.  You can know, too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!