He is no longer the boy you can hold in your arms. It is hard for me to believe that Carl is not the same small baby he used to be. But I know that because often I carry him from my bed to his own when he falls asleep in my bed. I also find myself carrying Carl downstairs to breakfast and allow him to wake up while watching morning cartoons. He would rather watch Hey Arnold, Rug Rats and almost anything on Cartoon Network.
Kids grow up.
In chapter 2 in the same chapter that Jesus is Bapitized Jesus starts to grow up. We need to let Jesus grow up. We need to see that Jesus grows up to be the one who is part of these stories around us here. For we see a Jesus who is baptized, who feeds the multitudes, heals the sick, who has his last supper and will die on a cross for us and then become our resurrected Lord. God needs to be allowed to grow up.