Lessons Learned from My Children about My Heavenly Father

In biblical times children seldom interacted with adults in general and were never to be heard. But Jesus turned that cultural practice on its head when He went to Jerusalem with His earthy parents to celebrate Passover months before His bar mitzvah.When Mary and Joseph departed from the hustle and bustle of the holy days they didn't recognize Jesus was left behind in Jerusalem. A whole day later they discovered His absence. After a frantic return and search of Jerusalem, they found the pre-teen Jesus speaking to the sages and teachers of the Temple. Scripture records all in the Temple who heard Jesus were astonished at the understanding and answers of the twelve-year-old (Luke 2:49).Jesus not only taught as a child; He encouraged other children to speak words of praise openly. Matthew 21:14-16 records of the time when Jesus returned to the same Temple He visited in His youth. Just after Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, He healed the lame and blind gathered at the Temple. Seeing