Did you ever wonder what happened to Jesus after Christmas, that is, the first Christmas? The Bible tells us a whole lot about the birth of Jesus, then gives one little snapshot of Him at age 12, but outside of that, we aren’t told really anything about His life from birth until He was around 30 years old. Almost everything we know about Jesus took place in the last three years of His life on earth, which means we're basically in on one tenth of His life story. In fact, one of the only things we know about all those years before His public ministry is that Jesus was trained to be and in fact became a carpenter. Jesus spent most of His life quietly minding His own business in the carpenter's shop. The question is, of all the things for God on earth to do, why carpentry? I'm not totally sure, but maybe it has to do with the fact that carpenters take fallen, dead and dry wood into their workshop and use care, skill and time to transform a lifeless thing into a treasure. Jesus has always been about this work. I love Jesus because when He found me, I was fallen, dead and dry, but He's planing, cutting, sanding and building me with His skill into something totally new.
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