Mother Mary and the Upper Room

I was thinking about Mary, the Mother of Jesus, this week.

When the angel came and told her that she was to be with child through the Holy Spirit, she said, "Be it unto me according to Your word."

She carried Jesus within her for nine months and for the next thirty years, she was with Him, enjoying His life and the beauty of One who is fearless.

  When He began His ministry, she saw less of Him, but she believed in Him and remembered the words spoken about a sword piercing her heart. When He died, she knew what that sword felt like.

When He rose again, she knew that she would never feel it like that ever again. When He ascended up into Heaven, I am sure it was a bittersweet time for her. First she had Him, then she didn't, then she did, then she didn't.

Jesus told His followers to wait in the Upper Room for a gift from Heaven-the Promised Holy Spirit. Mary, His Mother, was with the others in the Upper Room when Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, came down upon them with wind and fire and the gift of tongues.

From that time on, she had Jesus within her again, through His Spirit. She never missed Him again. I think she must have been so comforted as His mother, and at the same time, she realized He was much more than her son.

She wanted to let others know about Him, not as her son, but as the Savior of the world. She was part of the early church and her life was full.
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I have wondered, 'Why the gift of tongues?'

Perhaps it is because different tongues represents the different peoples of the world.
With the ability to speak in another language, the gospel could go out to all the nations.
It reminds me of the tower of Babel, only in a good way.
This time, the gift of different tongues enabled others to do mighty things and bring others into the kingdom.
Whenever I hear another language being spoken, I stop and listen.
One time, at Sam's Club, I heard such beautiful language that I actually wept right there in the maple syrup aisle.
I thought, "God speaks all the languages of the world. He Is the Word. He is Language. All things were created through the speaking of His Word, and He speaks every word in every language."
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O for a thousand tongues to sing my Great Redeemer's praise.
One language is not nearly enough.