Epiphany 1 January 12, 2020 The Sunday of Jesus in the Temple at 12 Years Old
Epiphany 1
Luke 2:41-52
January 12, 2020
“Identity in Christ: Confident yet Submissive”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Jesus is lost by his parents for three whole days in the big city of Jerusalem. Yet He’s confident, cool, calm, and collected.
Before Christmas we were shopping at Kohl’s and there was a little girl who had gotten lost from her mother. She had asked one of the Kohl’s ladies to help and while we’re standing in line they’re trying to find the mother. This little girl had probably only been lost for five minutes or so, not three days. And yet she was distressed. She wasn’t nearly as confident as Jesus. She wanted her mother. As we all would.
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