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“All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers”

Luke 2:47

At a governors meeting this week, mention was made of one the children who attends the school. The teachers were amazed at his understanding for one who was so young. Throughout history there have been many genius’ and amazing achievements in many areas of the arts or sciences as well as many other fields of life.

· Mozart was 5 when he wrote “Allegro in C”
· Arit Jaswal India's youngest medicine university student carried out an operation while aged only 7
· Gregory R. Smith He entered college at age 10 and was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize at age 12
· William Pitt led England when he was very young.
· Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born , 1973) who co-founded the Google internet search engine, was a multi billionaire by the age of 33

But to put things into comparison, everyone falls short of the wonder of the child Jesus.
Who still ceases to amaze people not just 1 year or two years down the line, but over two millennia later.
What is true of the above and many others like them is they excelled in one field, but Jesus continues to excel in every field. Some stand in awe at his power, others his love, some his majesty and some his creative wonders, while still others just worship him for being indescribable; one who is hard to put into words.

All the above after all, were made in his image, and therefore it should be of no surprise that children and adults continue to excel and amaze us. We are all made from the blueprint of God himself. In a sense we contain his fingerprints, his mark that we are his design. Like a great work of art that has been signed by Jesus Christ (how much would that be worth?)
Continue to be amazed and don’t lose sight of the wonder and amazing person of Christ. If he ceases to amaze you, I can guarantee that Christ has not diminished but our relationship or our understanding of him.

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