9 Jesus Is Missing

Luke 2:41-52, TBC 2, Chapter 9
This year above all others, Jesus was looking forward to their trip to Jerusalem. He was now 12 years old. Every year during the Feast of Passover, Jewish families would make that trip. By next year, he would be old enough to take his place with the men when they worshiped in the synagogue.

Each year his family would join their neighbors and relatives to travel to the temple. It was safer to travel in a large group. And for the children, it was fun to spend time with their friends and with cousins, who regarded one another like brothers and sisters. . . . 

When Passover week ended, they began the long trip home. It would take them three days. By the end of the first day, Joseph and Mary realized that neither of them had seen Jesus all day. Surely he was with the other boys. But when they searched, they could not find him.

Panic gripped their hearts. Was Jesus still in Jerusalem? . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 9, for the rest of the story.)​

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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Natural leaders march to the beat of a different drummer, and it makes perfect sense—to them.
     A promise to cling to: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise—‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’  [Parents,] do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:1-4 NIV
     A praise to fill you: Mary, Did You Know   Michael English          [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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