I Love Him

Joshua (little boy):  I still don’t understand why He had to die.  

Mary:  Come here, Joshua.  Did you know that once, when he was not much older than you we lost Him?  

Joshua:  No!  Where?

Mary:  Here, in Jerusalem.  For three days Joseph and I searched fratically, worried for His safety, afraid He was lost.  And finally we found Him.  In the temple.  He was teaching grown men, doctors, priests!  And he said to us, “Wist you not that I be about my Father’s business?”  You see, it was His Father’s will that He leave us those three days.  And for these past three days, when it seemed we had lost Him again, it was the will of His father He’s been doing as always.  That’s why He laid down His life, so that He could take it up again, and us with Him.  

Rebekah (little girl):  I don’t ever want to lose Him again!

Mary:  You don’t have to, Rebekah.  If you follow Him and keep His commandments, you will always feel Him near. 

Rebekah:  I’ll follow Him then.  Wherever He wants me to go!

Joshua:  What if we don’t know where that is, or what if we can’t?

Mary:  It is good to wonder about yourself, but you need never wonder about the Lord.
(My very favorite scene from Savior of the World, and this year I'm so excited that I get to actually BE in this scene.)