Families

Luke 2:41-46

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Families come in all shapes and sizes

Some with arms shaped for embrace

Others with hands shaped for conflict

Some are warm and accepting

Others are cold and rejecting

Some provide nurture

Others rely on nature

Simple or complex

For better or worse

they are ours

Gifted not chosen

Blessing and sorrow

Broken and whole

Signalling if not always fulfilling

Gods purpose for humanity

to live together in peace.