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'BUT MARY TREASURED UP ALL THESE THINGS AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART.'
LUKE 2:19

After thoroughly washing their clothes, the old timers would wring as
much water out of them as possible so they would dry quickly. There's a
lesson there: growing in character and maturity calls for more than just
'letting life happen.' No, it calls for 'wringing the wisdom' out of
each experience by asking, 'What's to be learned here? How could it have
been done differently?' Great chess players win because they think
several moves ahead. Wisdom asks, 'Where does this lead? What are the
possible unintended consequences?' Wise people realise that what they do
today will affect tomorrow. They're aware that most things are
interconnected. Wisdom comes from figuring out where things are going.
Talk to people whose lives are lived purely on the surface and ask,
'Have you thought about...?' No, they haven't. 'Well, what do you think
this will do to...?' They have no idea. 'Have you ever asked yourself
what God...?' Never thought of that. 'But Mary treasured up all these
things and pondered them in her heart.' This is a picture of someone who
takes the time to wring out events and tests them for insight and
understanding. Sooner or later Mary may have something to say, but when
she says it her words will have substance. In days to come her family
will have to flee from Herod's thugs and spend years living in exile in
Egypt. All of this will demand courage, depth of spirit, and trust in
the purposes of God. And that's what comes to a person like Mary, who
takes time to 'wring' the wisdom out of the event.