Today in Sunday School, one of our girls had to have a catheter. I'm not sure the details of her condition, but she was carrying around her purse with the catheter bag in it, and there was an obvious tube coming out of her dress and into the purse.
I teach 4th & 5th graders so I was bracing myself for dealing with some teasing. But not ONE of the kids in my group said anything mean. No one treated her differently. No one avoided being near her. You'd never know by watching the interactions that there was anything unusual about this girl.
It was challenging for me. I tend to tease other people a lot, and while I would avoid teasing on a sensitive subject like a catheter, I wouldn't have expected 4th & 5th graders to have the same discretion. Their example showed me just how easy it can be to love and accept anyone.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Washed Clean
This is Bob. We were doing an activity with balloons today, where I had kids pop balloons and then try to repair them with tape, and talked about our broken relationship with God. Then they got new balloons to show how Jesus fixed our relationship with God.
One boy in my class decided to name his balloon Bob. And he used washable marker to draw hair and a face on Bob. Of course, washable marker on balloon just makes a smudgy mess. Pretty soon this boy had ink all over his hands. I told him to wash his hands, and he did, taking Bob with him.
When I looked over at the sink, this boy was washing Bob, too. And when he finished he proclaimed, "Bob's sins have been washed away!"
Yay! That was not part of my lesson...but he got it!
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