It is nice to think that the dear Lord Jesus was a boy, just the age that you little boys and girls are to-day.
And in His holy and blameless life, while He lived on this earth, we have the great Example of how we ought to live too.
The Jews went up to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover Feast every year, and when Jesus was twelve years old, Joseph went up to worship as other Jewish men did, and the mother of Jesus went too.
A number of other people from the country villages travelled together, so that there was a very large company.
When they all set out to go home again, Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, and His mother and Joseph went a day's journey before they found out that He was not with the rest of the travellers.
But when they could not find Him, they turned back again to Jerusalem, and looked for Him for three whole days.
LISTENING TO THE LEARNED MEN AND ASKING THEM QUESTIONS.
At length, they found Him in the Temple of God, listening to the learned men and asking them questions. And all that heard Him were astonished at His understanding and His answers.
Then His mother told Him how she and Joseph had looked for Him so long. And He gave them that gentle answer which, from the Son of God and the Son of man as He was, meant so much, "How is it that you looked for Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?"