Jesus missing in Jerusalem
Jesus is truth. He is one who experienced it all. When he was very young, the mother and the father went to Jerusalem for a festival. There was a large assembly of people and this poor little boy went missing in the congregation. The mother searched and searched for the boy, suffering unbearable misery. The father and the mother went in different directions in search of the child. They could not find him. Finally, tired of searching, the mother stepped into the temple. There in the temple, she found a priest giving a sermon and the boy listening to the sermon. Seeing this, the mother thought that this was a confirmation of what the Arabian king had said, that this child will love God. She hugged him and cried. As Mary cried, the boy said, "Mother, you have not searched for me where I am present! If you search outside, would you ever find me? I am close to God and this proximity is my wealth. You did not search for me here - you searched outside." That is the big message. When you don't find God, you are in search of Him at the wrong place. Then how do you expect to see Him? God is everywhere. However, He is the embodiment of love. Search there, where there is love. Search with love. With God , to God, for God, from God. When you think this way, (that everything is) from God, to God, everything is only divine love. With this feeling you have to search for God. For what are you searching, and where to? To God, for God. Where are you? You are with God. You are from God, you are with God. If you take answers in this way, how blissful you would be! So we should strengthen that feeling.