Every Wednesday I take the boys to Bible Study with me. We have a women's Bible Study in one room with about 30 women. While we study and discuss, our children go to the nursery if they are 3 and under, while the kids 3 years and up go to Storytime. All of the women take turns babysitting and doing Storytime. So today was my turn to teach a lesson in Storytime to 14 children between the ages 3-5.
The Story was called Alive Again and was taken from Luke 8:40-42, 49-56. It was about a sick little girl that was dying and couldn't get out of bed because she was so sick. All of her family were very worried about her as she got worse and worse. Medicine and doctors weren't able to help her so her father turned to Jesus. He heard that Jesus was in town, so he hurried to find him. As soon as Jesus heard about the sick girl he began to walk to her house. Along the way many people were asking Jesus for help and he stopped to help them while the father waited. While Jesus was helping others the little girl died. The father was very sad. Jesus told him not to be afraid, that his daughter would be alright and that he had to believe. They arrived to the house and Jesus told all of the family to stop crying, that the little girl was just sleeping. Jesus went into the little girl's room where her body was lying on the bed. Lovingly he took her hand and said "Dear child, get up." And she woke up and smiled at Jesus. She was Alive Again!
Only Jesus could do this because he is the Son of God.
The kids enjoyed the story very much and told me about all of their sicknesses and colds that they had recently. And that they liked their medicine. We sang Jesus loves me, Holy, Holy, Holy and the song The B-I-B-L-E. Andrew thought it would be a good idea to take timbits for his classmates which went over really well. They made a craft which you can see in one of the pictures above. It is a bed with the sick girl in it and a blanket that they made for her. We also played with playdough and puzzles.
As for me, I enjoyed teaching the kids but boy was it busy. An hour and a half was exhausting but fun. I can't help but think of Ken and other teachers and how hard their jobs really are.
When I asked Andrew what the story was about today he said: "about Jesus and God."
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Did it totally make your heart melt to hear Andrew say that? What a great story and truth to share with them. I am in total awe of teachers, including you, who can work with and capture the attention 14 little ones. I love that you have a women's Bible study to go to and the boys are also learning so much. It makes my heart sing when I think about where we've come from and where God has us now. He's an amazing God.
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