Who was Lost?

One of the interesting differences between ancient times and today is the absence of the nuclear family. Life was communal back then and people traveled and worked in kinship groups. So Mary and Joseph were not very worried about Jesus until it became evident that he was not with them. This is a good metaphor for how we may treat our spiritual lives. We think we are traveling with Jesus and then we look up and Jesus is not there. We have to go search for Jesus and where do we discover Jesus? In the Temple doing his Father's work.

This scripture stimulates a reflection about what are we searching for and where do we expect to find it?