Daily Reading - "Joseph And His Mother Did Not Know It." Luke 2:43 NKJV

Here is how it read today...

"JOSEPH AND HIS MOTHER DIDN'T KNOW." (LUKE 2:43 NKJV)
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Don't forget your child

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Jesus' parents got so busy with other things, they didn't notice they'd lost Him: "The Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know...supposing Him to have been in the company" (Lukie 2:43-44 NKJV). Fortunately for them they found Him again. But it doesn't always work that way.

...........One Christian leader tells of meeting a man at a conference. This man's daughter, who was in second grade, was asked by her teacher to draw a picture of her family. That evening she proudly brought her art work home and showed it to her parents. When her dad looked at the picture he said, "What is this picture of?" His daughter replied, "That's of us and our house. The teacher asked me to draw a picture of our family." He looked at the picture more carefully and saw that everyone was there except him. "Sweetheart," he asked, "am I in the picture?" "No," she replied. "Why not?" he asked. "Because this is a picture of us at home, and you are never there." It hit him like a ton of bricks. Without malice she'd stated a simple fact. It was a wake-up call to an absentee dad. That day he decided to turn around and go back to his family. The Psalmist said, "I need your help, especially in my own home" (Ps 101:2 TLB). Television, the internet, peer pressure; how are your children doing? If you've been traveling the road to success but neglected to bring your family along with you, make a u-turn. Go back and pick up the people who matter most. Commit yourself to making the journey, only if it includes them.