I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Luke 2-3.

    This passage always touches me deeply. It is the passage my father read every Christmas Eve as my family celebrated the birth of Christ. It also appealed to me because Luke has a certain matter-of-fact approach to his presentation. Even with that matter-of-fact approach the story still paints a vivid picture. Reading it today, I finally saw what Jesus meant when He asked His parents why they had to search for Him. After all, they were there when the shepherds came and told of seeing the angels. They were there when Simeon and Anna prophesied over Him. They had surely told Jesus these stories as He grew up. Where else would He be but the place where He could find answers to the questions about what God wanted Him to do?