Left Behind

Today’s Post Written By: Rae Lynn DeAngelisMy brother and his family came in town for a visit, and so we decided to all meet up for dinner at a local restaurant. Afterwards, we piled into two vehicles and headed for my parents’ condo to spend some additional time visiting. Shortly after we arrived someone asked the whereabouts of my nine year old niece. A quick survey of the condo revealed that Sami was nowhere to be found. It didn’t take us long to realize that Sami had been left behind at the restaurant. In a panic my sister-in-law made a mad dash for the car and took off down the road at lightning speed. With frantic tears streaming down her face, she bolted into the restaurant and began desperately scanning the dining room for her precious daughter. She didn’t have to look far. Sami was sitting at the counter with a very nice policeman eating a piece of pumpkin pie, seemingly unscathed by the incident.How did this happen? While we were gathering up to leave the restaurant, my niece went into the restroom without telling anyone. When we got into our cars, I assumed that my niece was with her parents, and her parents assumed that she was with us. Perhaps you remember another story of a child getting left behind.Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old