Last night we had a good discussion at our fellowship about Jesus' birth and the events surrounding it. Hubby facilitated a wonderful discussion and we happily ate desserts and chatted with friends afterwards.
We didn't know at the time that we'd be one of those parents on 'supernanny' who actually lost their child and didn't even know it !
Abbie and I drove home in my Odyssey while hubby and boy went home in the CRV (or so I thought). When we arrived at the stoplight on Oso Parkway near our home (at 10:45pm) on this rainy, cold night ~ I noticed hubby's CRV next me! Excitedly I rolled down the window to wave to him, and he grimaced and hollered, "Caleb's in your car..... right?" Then....chills ran down my spine and I realized that....we both thought one of us had him! Hubby zipped back to church while Abbie and I sped home.
Turned out that our beloved church buddies Tony and Erinn, bless their heart, saw Caleb meandering and called hubby to inform him that we've evidently forgotten to bring our child home. I told hubby that we'll be nominated the worst parents of the year for sure. Thank goodness Tony and Erinn considered bringing Caleb home for an impromptu slumber party (followed by a call to child services?)!
So....Now we know firsthand how badly Mary and Joseph felt when they realized boy Jesus wasn't with them on their way home! But we're not THAT bad, right? We discovered after 30 minutes....not 24 hours, right? Unfortunately, unlike boy Jesus, our boy wasn't teaching in the synagogues, but playing hide-and-seek in one of the classrooms... hence daddy couldn't find him!
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The Boy Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:39-52)
[39] When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
[41] Every year his [Jesus'] parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. [42] When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. [43] After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. [44] Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. [45] When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.
[46] After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. [47] Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. [48] When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." [49] "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
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