Mother's Eyes by Woods Karen

Author:Woods, Karen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: jesus, mary, early church
Publisher: Sleeping Beagle Books

As usual, the men sat on one side of the room, the women at the other. The only man and woman sitting beside one another were the bride and the groom, with Leah sitting on the women’s side of the room and Mahir sitting on the men’s side, yet sharing a table.

The marriage feast was every bit the meat lovers’ delight as Miriam had expected. Roast calf, roast lamb, roast duck, stewed chicken and vegetables, leafy greens, onions, radishes, olives, cucumber slices, fine wheaten flat breads, melon slices, grapes, dates, pomegranates, figs, nuts; the abundance of the food made Miriam nearly dizzy. A village could have eaten for a week from this amount of food. The wine also flowed freely.

During a pause in the conversation about midway through the evening, Miriam heard from behind her two of the servant girls exchanging panicked whispers about there being no more wine, apart from what was in the serving pitchers. Knowing how embarrassed Leah would be about the lack of hospitality implied by running out of wine so early in the evening, Miriam rose from the table, went to one of the servants who had been talking. “Come with me,” she instructed. Then she went to her son.

He stopped his conversation with the men around him and rose, walking outside of the barn with his mother. Several of his disciples followed them.

“They’re out of wine,” Miriam said.

Yehoshua sighed, and said, “Woman! Why are you involving me in this? My time has not yet come.”

She just looked at him for a long moment. Then she turned to the servant girl, “Whatever he tells you to do, do it.”

Miriam watched her son look around. A small smile went over his face, and she knew he would help.

He said to the servant, “Fill those six large water jars; the ones that had held water for the washing of hands.”

The servant girl looked puzzled, but hastened to get the help of several others to accomplish the task.

It was only a matter of minutes until the water was replenished and the jars were filled, nearly to overflowing.

The expression on the face of the servants was priceless. They simply couldn’t believe their eyes. Miriam felt herself smile. Leah would be spared the embarrassment.

Yehoshua said, “Now, draw out and take that wine to the governor of the feast.”

While the servants did that, Yehoshua and his men returned to the feast. Miriam returned just in time to watch the governor of the feast go to Mehir, Leah’s husband. Mehir clearly had no idea what the man was talking about. Miriam smiled as she saw Mehir regain his composure. The servant girl brought around a fresh pitcher of wine and refilled everyone’s cups.

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