To ponder is to meditate upon some special thing Like a death or our Mother, or a psalm we read or sing. Our pondering helps magnify the longings of one's heart, As we choose to ponder, sacred feelings in us start. If we ponder through deep sorrows, we can understand how to cope. To ponder on the life of Christ, lifts us up and gives us hope. Our Lord helps us to ponder if we strive through humble prayer, We can grow through deeper feelings if we pray to learn and care. We each can choose to meditate on each sacred day, As we learnt to place importance upon our Lord's sacred way. As we study God's true Son and overcome all worldly fear, We will find more inner peace as we grow from year to year. May we learn to truly ponder, as Mary did on her son, our Lord, Christ. Then by true meditation, pure peace will lessen strife. Lord, help us learn to ponder with a humble, searching soul, For Thou art our greatest teacher. Help us ponder, trust and grow.
This phrase, “..And Mary pondered these things in her heart.”, are repeated several times in the New Testament, in speaking of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. We define ‘ponder’ as to weigh or consider carefully. In our world, there is much competition for our attention, and we typically find ourselves busy, with our thoughts occupied with a task at hand… And, somehow have come to think of being busy as being a good thing, even a sort of badge of importance. We feel that we are lazy if we should sit for a few minutes and do NOTHING. Pondering is a quiet thing. It not only gives our mind a chance to connect with our heart, but also gives heaven a chance to connect with our heart too.
Love that handsome young man in the photo. We should all have tons of time to ponder these days. It’s easy to spend all day doing pretty much nothing. I think I should take time to just think.