The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
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Recently, I came across this description of the childhood of Jesus Christ, written by my friend who saw it in a vision:1 But the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with Joseph; and he took a branch of a willow and dispersed the waters which Jesus had gathered together. 2 And when Jesus saw what was done, he was wroth and said unto him: O evil, ungodly, and foolish one, what hurt did the pools and the waters do thee? behold, now also thou shalt be withered like a tree, and shalt not bear leaves, neither root, nor fruit. 3 And straightway that lad withered up wholly, but Jesus departed and went unto Joseph's house. But the parents of him that was withered took him up, bewailing his youth, and brought him to Joseph, and accused him 'for that thou hast such a child which doeth such deeds.'
The Childhood of Jesus
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When I read the first account of Jesus life, I put it on a shelf in my mind, not knowing whether it was true or not. But when I recently came across this other account of Jesus' childhood, it seemed so much more in line with what I understand Jesus' nature to be. I believe Jesus likely had power over life and death in his childhood but I don't believe that he used that power to throw temper tantrums and kill off kids who were teasing him. This second account is so much more like what I would have imagined Jesus to be in his childhood.He had this love for everything. He had this way of loving everyone and everything. At a very young age He learned to heal hurt animals.
I was shown a time when Jesus saw a hurt bird. He saw it had a limp and could not fly. He was around three years old. He was very intelligent by then and had a very large vocabulary. When he saw the bird He had compassion on it and He felt compelled to help it. I saw the young boy quietly walking toward the bird, softly talking to it. He had a way of talking to animals. I could tell the bird was responsive to Him. The little bird started to move toward the Boy Jesus. Hurt and frightened birds have a tendency to run and not understand the desire of the rescuer to help. Running is a way of protection. But not this bird she knew that The Boy was not going to hurt her, in fact I could see how the bird was feeling and it felt peace and somehow knew that Jesus was going to help her.