And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21
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Mark Lowry's "Mary Did You Know?"
Mark Lowry is best known as a singer and comedian who spent more than a decade as a regular fixture of Bill Gaither's vocal band. But years from now, when all is said and done, Lowry's most enduring legacy will probably be the beautiful little song that he wrote 18 years ago as a meditation for a Christmas program at his church.
In 1984, the leaders at Lowry's Nashville congregation asked him if he'd be willing to write a musical for Advent. He gladly agreed. Inspiration came as Lowry focused his heart and mind on the wonder of Christmas.
"I tried to picture Mary holding the baby Jesus on the first Christmas morning and wondered what she was thinking about that child," he says. "She knew He was special—the Virgin Birth was her first clue—but could she ever imagine all the things that he would do while He was here?"
Soon, Lowry came up with a series of questions that he would like to ask Mary: "Did she know He would walk on water? Raise the dead? Give sight to the blind?"
Lowry decided to use the questions as a monologue to be recited between the scenes of his musical. But the profundity of those questions lingered in his mind long after the church musical was done.
Six years later, harmonica virtuoso Buddy Greene supplied just the right music and "Mary, Did You Know?" was complete.
Since then, Lowry and Greene's tune has become a modern classic. It has been recorded by more than 30 different artists (besides Lowry), including Kenny Rogers, Kathleen Battle, and Reba McEntire.
"I hear from a lot of people who have sung it in the church choir for Christmas and Easter programs," says Lowry. "When I wrote it, I felt there was something special there, but I never imagined how wide-reaching it would become."
Story Behind the Story of the song:
I've always enjoyed this song, and it's powerful message of the things Jesus was destined for before He was even born. I aways wondered if the Angel that spoke to Mary told her of the things her unborn child would accomplish in His time here on earth. As she held him on that Christmas morn, Did she know of the miracles that He would preform? Did she know the love that He had for us, so much so that He died for our sins so we could be with Him for all eternity? Did she know that she held mankind's only hope in her hands, And the embodiment of God's Love. Feel Free to download and share this song with everyone who knows and anyone who doesn't know the true meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas and Many Blessin's to you in the New Year!
Written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene
1991 Word Music, A div. of Word, inc/Rufus Music ASCAP
Arranged and Performed by TB Rage
2006 Heavy Thunder/Handful of Rain Music
Mary did you know that your baby boy
would someday walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy
would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy
has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered will soon deliver you.
Interlude:
Mary did you know that your baby boy
will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy
will calm a storm with His hand?
Did you know that your baby boy
has walked where angels trod?
When you've kissed your little one
then you've kissed the face of God.
Mary, did you know...?
Mary, did you know...?
Solo
Bridge:
The blind will see, the deaf will hear
the dead will live a-gain
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak
the praises of the Lamb.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy
was heaven's perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
is the great "I AM".