Jesus' First Miracle?

There was no good, or eternal, reason
For Jesus to turn water into wine;
His doing of miracles was out of season,
And perhaps a mis-use of pow'r divine!
Protesting, "My time has not yet come",
He acceded to His mother Mary's behest---
E'en though His ministry had not begun---
As any good son would, for "Mom knows best"!
His aiding the wedding hosts in this way
Might have been amiss, as one seeking praise;
If so, the guilt is hers; what son says "Nay"
When mom puts him on stage and curtains raise?
But He only acted as we must do:
Showing love to others, and we should, too!

"When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, 'They have no more wine." 'Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied. 'My time has not yet come.' His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told the servants, 'Fill the jars with water'; so they filled them with water. Then he told them, 'Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.' They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. ... the master said, 'You have saved the best till now.'" (John 2:3-10)

John writes that this was Jesus' first miracle. I cannot help from wondering about the unknown details of the Savior's upbringing---the childhood and years from 12 to 30. He had younger brothers and sisters, and there must have been others His age in the village of Nazareth; what did they do in times when away from adult supervision? Was Jesus ever tempted to use His supernatural power to astound His peers? The Qur'an, holy book of Islam, contains a story about Jesus as a youngster carving a wooden bird and giving it life; several watched it fly away. Knowing my own childhood experiences, I know that if I had been the Son of God with the powers Jesus possessed, I could not have ignored the many tenptations to astound my chums; I don't believe, however, that Jesus carved a bird and made it live; or that He did any other petty carnival magic acts. Even this miracle of turning water into wine borders on incredibility, for what does it add to His eternal purpose for incarnating Himself?

As for Mary, I don't find it impossible to believe that she was not much more
perfect than other human mothers that she could resist showing off her son's incredible powers. The miraculous turning of 150 gallons of water into wine at a huge wedding banquet in Cana would spread all over Galilee, and she could bask in the reflected glory of her son's feat for life. After all, the text of the total scripture passage indicates that the wedding guests had drunk all the wine furnished, and were on the verge of intoxication already; the additional wine could only put them further into drunkeness. This may have been the custom in those days, but it is certain that this miracle doesn't rise to the level of healing the 10 lepers or restoring sight to the blind.