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Daily Meditation
Read Luke 2:41:52
.,J£bus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. (Luke 2:52) It was a warm afternoon. As I ironed in the kitchen, my four lively sons’ peaceful playing soon erupted into violent quarreling. The oldest boy raced into the hot kitchen, crying, “The twins hit mej" “But, Jeffrey," I comforted him, “the Bible tells us to *turn the other cheek.’” “They didn’t hit me on the cheek," he protested. I had to laugh, as I recalled childhood memories of the battles I used to have with my own twin brother John. I remembered how my mother used to tell ys, when we quarreled, that we should try to grow like the youthful Jesus.
Laying my ironing aside, I called in my other boys, Bruc$ Bradley, and Jonathan. I said to them, “You may not understand these words I am going to read to you, but you will as you grow up." Then I read the story of Jesus in the Temple—the only words we have about Him as a boy. Now six years later, the boys
to be discovering for themselves that there is no ifiner yardstick for a young Irnan to measure his own jgjrowth by than these words of our text. PRAYER: Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for our homes and the high privilege of living the gospel there. Guide us that we become more like the; Master, in whose name we pray. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The Christian home radiates Christ’s light.
Jean McCrea Moore
New York Copyright—The Upper Room
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