June 14th

June 14th -- Luke 2:41-52 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202:41-52&version=NLT)

Go ahead and please read!

Okay, I think I've probably gotten lost a few times in stores and such, because my mom said to follow her but I was too busy looking at a toy, or something shiny. However, have I ever intentionally stayed behind and not said anything to her? Not that I can ever remember. Then we have Jesus, who just didn't head home with his parents, causing them to panic and search for him for three whole days. Why did he do this? He didn't just wanna' give Mary some early grey hair (if you haven't had your mom tell you you're the cause of her grey... just wait). He wanted to learn more about his Dad (the Heavenly one, I mean), so he stayed to ask questions and talk with the biblical teachers in the Temple. He didn't mean any disrespect to his parents - he just dropped everything to hear more about God. We need to be more like that. We need to have such a great desire to learn about God that we don't even think about everything else - our one and only focus becomes God, and we drop it all to focus on Him. This can be when it comes to learning about Him in church, learning through His word, growing closer in prayer, or giving back to Him in worship - but we need to make sure we let the rest of life become the background, so God can be front and center in those times. Like Jesus, drop everything, and just focus on God. If even his son could do that, with his already deep connection, then surely we all can stand to do that more often than we do.

God bless! Shalom!