Nazareth is a place of many flowers and of lovely views. From the hills
around, those who go there can see peeps of the blue Mediterranean;
and travellers tell us that the fields and hillsides are carpeted with
countless flowers.
Here Jesus, our Lord, lived for thirty years. Here He wandered as a
child, and grew up as a young man.
When at length the time came for Him to fulfil His great Mission, He
came down to the cities round the Lake of Galilee.
For He had come from Heaven to preach the Gospel to the poor, to heal
the sick and brokenhearted.
But more than all these things, He had come down from His home in
Heaven to save sinners!
This was why Jesus, the Lord of Glory, came to earth.
So when He came from Nazareth to the busy cities round the Lake, He
began at once to heal the sick people, and to teach them about God and
the Kingdom of Heaven.
One day He told the crowds who listened to Him about the little corn
seeds growing up, and bearing numbers of seeds which would make the
harvest by and by.
Another day He told them all about the lilies of the field, which
they could see around them, but which they had never thought of
"considering."
What do you think "considering" means?
It means thinking about something; turning the matter over in our
minds, till we understand its full meaning.