Sunday, December 14, 2008

Was He a boy like me?

I promised more posts and I will try to break them up into pieces for you. I have had a lot of things on my mind lately. Our pastor is a very thought provoking guy...or maybe I am using my brain for something. Either way!

I don't know how many people have heard the song, "Was He a boy like me?" We have the Veggie Tales CD and Sweet Pea loves that song. It made me think about what kind of kid was Jesus. He is sinless so did He get into trouble as a child? Did He lie to his mom before He realized that lying was wrong or did it simply mean that He was never into any trouble at all? Did Mary feel obligated to watch over him all of the time or did she let Jesus run about without any cares? On one hand, Mary seems to have panicked when she couldn't find Jesus when He was in the temple teaching the other men. On the other hand, she wasn't watching over him too close or she would have noticed that He was missing sooner. Times were also different then and parents had different styles then too.
What did Jesus like to do as a child? Was He a normal child that liked to play in the dirt and jump in mud puddles? Did He try to convince his parents that He didn't need to do chores? Did He like receiving presents from his parents? I guess that if I close my eyes and think back, my kids have always brought joy to my life, even when they are misbehaving. How hard was it for Mary to know that Jesus was coming into this world, would suffer such persecution, and would die just for her (the rest of us too, but you know what I mean)? What kind of burden was that for her?
Now that you have a little piece of my brain...

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