Luke 2:41-43 NLT

Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. [42] When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual. [43] After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.

Luke 2:41-43 NLT

But Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His whanau had packed up and were heading back to Nazareth. And Jesus stayed behind.

Seems like a small thing.

Everyone else in Jesus community was heading to Nazareth, except him.

As we step into a new year, our media will be full of people and messages enticing, encouraging, drawing us into, big changes.

Grand gestures. 

Sign up for this challenge, change your life - for some this is all too much. 

The way of Jesus is an invitation into the small. 

An invitation to stay in "Jerusalem" a bit longer. 

When everyone else seems to be heading off to new directions, new adventures, new "life", and if it all seems a bit much, it's not You,  it's OK to not follow.

Jesus did a small thing. 

We don't have to be caught up in what Instagram says we need/should/must do in 2026.

What's the small thing that Jesus invites you towards as we step into a new year?

Maybe it's a thing no one gets to see or even hear about. 

Where is the redemptive strand of Grace leading?

#redemptivestrands #hopeishere 

#smallsteps

#youareBeloved