This feels right, writing a little about a passage from the scriptures. Today, I had a very emotional day, with tears streaming down my face most of the morning. I strained to hold my composure while I was driving, and nearly lost it while exchanging cylinders in the yard at work. I think what's happening is a reconnection to the emotions I stuffed away for so long. I grieved about my father, and about the mistakes I've made in life.
The Bible doesn't tell much about Jesus' childhood and adolescence, but in Luke there's a snapshot. Mary and Joseph had a tradition of travelling to Jerusalem every year to celebrate the Passover. When Jesus was twelve, they had gone to the city, celebrated as usual, and began the trip back home. Mary and Joseph couldn't find Jesus among all the family and everyone with them. They went back to Jerusalem, worried and searching for their son. They found him in a temple, engaged in discussion with doctors, hearing them and asking them questions. Mary asked Jesus why he had stayed behind without them knowing, and told him they sought him sorrowing. Jesus responded, "How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about my father's business?"
I am a fallen priesthood holder. Is there any place for me in our father's business? Am I of any use to God at all anymore? Do my words matter at all? Maybe my words don't, but when I don't try to show off, and when I listen for what Heavenly Father would have me say, I can say the right thing.
The Bible doesn't tell much about Jesus' childhood and adolescence, but in Luke there's a snapshot. Mary and Joseph had a tradition of travelling to Jerusalem every year to celebrate the Passover. When Jesus was twelve, they had gone to the city, celebrated as usual, and began the trip back home. Mary and Joseph couldn't find Jesus among all the family and everyone with them. They went back to Jerusalem, worried and searching for their son. They found him in a temple, engaged in discussion with doctors, hearing them and asking them questions. Mary asked Jesus why he had stayed behind without them knowing, and told him they sought him sorrowing. Jesus responded, "How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about my father's business?"
I am a fallen priesthood holder. Is there any place for me in our father's business? Am I of any use to God at all anymore? Do my words matter at all? Maybe my words don't, but when I don't try to show off, and when I listen for what Heavenly Father would have me say, I can say the right thing.
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