Count Down Day 16
Sometimes the way we look at things, or people, changes once
we get to know who they are. Like for instance, Mary and Joseph knew who Jesus
was and yet I often wonder if they really got it before he was found in the
temple tht day. They knew him their son, who God gave them the words that He
would be the Savior of the World. They knew this but I think when they found 12-year-old
Jesus teaching in the Temple it was like an “aha moment”.
When they couldn’t find him, they went back to Jerusalem to search for him there. Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions. All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”
“But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they didn’t understand what he meant. Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart. Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. Luke 2 46-52
“Mary kept these things in her heart” jut as any mother
would do while watching them reaching out towards their destiny. She kept the
memories as Jesus grew up and probably reminded herself that He was not just
her child, but that He belonged to the people. God’s will would be done on
earth as it is in heaven,
I guess today’s count down is about counting the memories
that we have with family or friends. Take the time so notice the things that go
on around you. The cookies being baked or eaten, the children sipping cocoa by
the fire. Watch for the little things that are a glimpse of the person they
will become, just like Mary did hold them in your heart.
In His love,
Teresa Wilson