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it.” Based on their relationship Mary expected Jesus to go home
when they went home. When they didn’t see Jesus, according
to Luke 2:44, they thought He was with the relatives.
I can understand Mary’s point. I had six children and
based on my relationship with them, I had expectations. If I had
a twelve year old son and he didn’t come home with us, I would
not be happy. My firstborn son is David. We had a curfew to
be home at a certain time. One day David missed the curfew.
He was late and he thought, “I’m late anyway and I’m going to
get in trouble, so I might as well stay here all night.” So, he
stayed all night. He did not call us and we did not know where
he was. He figured that he was in trouble anyway and he might
as well stay. Something like that happened in this case.
We have a relationship with Jesus and sometimes based
on our relationship, we have expectations of Jesus. I’m a child
of God and I expect Him to keep me from tragedy. I’m a child
of God and I expect Him to keep me from sickness. And if I
get sick, because of my relationship, I expect Him to heal me.
I expect Him to keep me from poverty. It’s all based on a
relationship. I have expectations but sometimes He doesn’t
meet my expectations.

A tremendous statement was made when Jesus was
twelve years old. When His mother heard it, she didn’t
understand it. So, she put it in her heart. The Bible says that
she thought about it, she pondered it in her heart. How long did
she ponder it in her heart? The answer is she pondered it until
He was thirty years old. She didn’t understand what He said.
Luke 2:49, “And He said to them, ‘Why is it that you
were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My
Father’s house?’” Let me put that in my own words. He said,
“Mother, it’s true I have a relationship with you and Joseph, but
what you may not know is that I have a relationship with My
Holy Father God. My relationship with my Holy Father God is
higher than my relationship with you. My relationship with
You will be in terms with my relationship to My Holy Father
God.” I hope God teaches us that truth. Jesus will always do
His Father’s will. I must not quarrel with Him if He doesn’t