My favorite time of the year is again almost here! Yes, Easter is one week away. The blessing of the week before Easter begins tomorrow. How I love Easter and what it represents in the most important area of MY life and the lives of other believers in my Lord and Savior!
Because of a youth Sunday tomorrow and Easter the next Sunday, I had my Easter lessons with my little two and three year old Sunday School kids during the last two weeks. I struggled a bit as I tried to think of how to explain to little minds the wonder of the cross and the joy of the resurrection. I mean, really some days my mind can't comprehend such love. How was I to explain to these young ones?
As the cross lesson began that particular Sunday, I explained shortly (everything with twos and threes is short). Then one of the little ones piped in, "There's a cross on top of the church." Well duh, of course there is....where was my mind? The Lord set off a light bulb as it occurred to me the cross was a simple lesson. I simply knew just to tell them that EVERY time they see a cross, think Jesus. Every time. I then took the children on a "tour" of sorts of the outdoors and indoors and we found crosses. For every one we found, I asked them what it meant. They learned and said, "Jesus". Jesus. JESUS.
You can imagine my delight the next Sunday when we arrived in class. One of the children picked up the foam cross on the table, the other one said, "Jesus." Yep, I was pleased but more than that, I know that my Lord was pleased. Maybe those little ones "got" it enough to relate the cross and Jesus. As they grow and come to the age of accepting Christ as Savior, I have faith they will know more about Him.
With tomorrow being Palm Sunday, I again encourage you, my blog readers, to take God's Word every day and read what happened as the week led up to crucifixion and resurrection. If you like, you can revisit my blog entry group for May 22, 2013 (My Favorite Time of the Year) daily through April 1, 2013 (Up) and last year's April 12, 2014 (Rejoice) for the week's scripture list.
Enjoy the spring and the sunshine. More than that, watch for those crosses everywhere and enjoy the celebration of the Jesus and the RESURRECTION!
Because of a youth Sunday tomorrow and Easter the next Sunday, I had my Easter lessons with my little two and three year old Sunday School kids during the last two weeks. I struggled a bit as I tried to think of how to explain to little minds the wonder of the cross and the joy of the resurrection. I mean, really some days my mind can't comprehend such love. How was I to explain to these young ones?
As the cross lesson began that particular Sunday, I explained shortly (everything with twos and threes is short). Then one of the little ones piped in, "There's a cross on top of the church." Well duh, of course there is....where was my mind? The Lord set off a light bulb as it occurred to me the cross was a simple lesson. I simply knew just to tell them that EVERY time they see a cross, think Jesus. Every time. I then took the children on a "tour" of sorts of the outdoors and indoors and we found crosses. For every one we found, I asked them what it meant. They learned and said, "Jesus". Jesus. JESUS.
You can imagine my delight the next Sunday when we arrived in class. One of the children picked up the foam cross on the table, the other one said, "Jesus." Yep, I was pleased but more than that, I know that my Lord was pleased. Maybe those little ones "got" it enough to relate the cross and Jesus. As they grow and come to the age of accepting Christ as Savior, I have faith they will know more about Him.
With tomorrow being Palm Sunday, I again encourage you, my blog readers, to take God's Word every day and read what happened as the week led up to crucifixion and resurrection. If you like, you can revisit my blog entry group for May 22, 2013 (My Favorite Time of the Year) daily through April 1, 2013 (Up) and last year's April 12, 2014 (Rejoice) for the week's scripture list.
Enjoy the spring and the sunshine. More than that, watch for those crosses everywhere and enjoy the celebration of the Jesus and the RESURRECTION!
I love this!! What a great reminder for all of us, whether we're 2, 3 or 47 :-)
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