Friday, December 17, 1999
Friday, December 17, 1999
When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.
About two hours later, at a Wendy's restaurant in Jackson, his parents, five brothers and a sister
noticed he was missing. Back in Nashville, a woman had heard Tyler screaming and opened the
bathroom door for him. As employees at the service station tried to help him, he cried, "I want my
mommy."
When the family was finally reunited, the boy hugged his mother and told her, "I'm never going to
the bathroom again."
It's embarrassing to a family to misplace a child. That also happened to Mary and Joseph. They
had been at the Passover celebration in Jerusalem. Their 12-year-old son, Jesus, was with them.
They were part of a large company of pilgrims traveling together. It is not really surprising that
they were a full day's journey away from Jerusalem before they realized that Jesus was not with
them. They turned back to look for Jesus and found him in the Temple. May we also look and
find a renewed sense of Jesus' presence in our lives, as we journey through Christmas.
(Luke 2:45
NRSV)
There was a news story in the papers a few years ago. It was about a 5-year-old Texas boy who
was accidentally left behind at a Nashville, Tennessee, service station. Tyler Payne got out of the
family station wagon to use the rest room, then couldn't get out of the building because the door
had become stuck. Meanwhile, his family headed home to Texas.
Lord Jesus, may this season and my dedication bring me closer to you. Amen.
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