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...
Daily encouragement :)