A few Sundays ago while teaching the 9 year olds, I was telling them the story of Feed my
Sheep. How Jesus asked his disciple Simon Peter three times if he loved him and every time
Peter said yes, Jesus asked him to Feed My Sheep.
Sheep. How Jesus asked his disciple Simon Peter three times if he loved him and every time
Peter said yes, Jesus asked him to Feed My Sheep.
So then one of the boys in my class said he didn’t understand why Peter was asked three times!
Why was once not good enough? I said Jesus told Peter over and over to Feed his sheep
because it was so important and he wanted to make sure he would do it.
Why was once not good enough? I said Jesus told Peter over and over to Feed his sheep
because it was so important and he wanted to make sure he would do it.
They still looked baffled so I said, “Let’s see…..(trying to think of an analogy)…when Ruby said:
“It would be like having broken glass all over the kitchen….and …..”
“It would be like having broken glass all over the kitchen….and …..”
So I latched on to that, “Yes, it would be SO important that you not step on that glass that
your mom would probably tell you several times. Your mom would tell you to be careful not
to step on the glass and then she would tell you again if you were walking towards the
kitchen…”
your mom would probably tell you several times. Your mom would tell you to be careful not
to step on the glass and then she would tell you again if you were walking towards the
kitchen…”
That’s when Ruby piped up and said, “No, because by then my mother would have already
vacuumed it up.”
vacuumed it up.”
So I looked to Emma and said, “so if there were glass on your kitchen floor your mom would
probably tell you and then warn you again, right?” And she said, “My mom only tells us
once.”
probably tell you and then warn you again, right?” And she said, “My mom only tells us
once.”
So much for my analogy.
But I suppose if I thought more, I still could not think of an analogy, or anything that could even
begin to compare to Christ telling us to Feed his Sheep. Maybe because taking care of one
another is the best we could ever do in this world.
begin to compare to Christ telling us to Feed his Sheep. Maybe because taking care of one
another is the best we could ever do in this world.
3 comments:
Ha! My kids would have been the ones who said, "My mom only tells us once." My dad used to say, "I'll only tell you once, and then there's a consequence." And he meant it! I love these kids' responses. Shows they are really thinking. Nice try, though, GH!
darlene
haha
I love the unpredictability of kids in a primary class.
;)
that is a great story! I stink at analogies, but I'm sure there is a good one somewhere!
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