So I’m teaching Sunday School tomorrow and I’m panicking! I’ve never told this story before! I barely know this story! So my way of coping/practicing will be to post it here first and see how it looks:
Here it goes:
How was everybody’s Thanksgivings? Good? What was your favorite part? We’ll go around and give everyone a chance to tell theirs…. (After following many bunny trails and bringing them back to topic:) Well my favorite part was playing soccer with my family! But my Uncle Frank might not have thought so. He hurt himself playing and was limping the rest of the night. Sometimes we get hurt. Has anyone had a boo-boo before that hurt so much, that maybe it made them cry? Sometimes when I’m hurt, I feel scared and lonely because I think that no one else knows how much it hurts. Sometimes its boo-boos that I can see and sometimes its boo-boos that I can’t. Like when something sad happens, that hurts too.
There was a little boy in the Bible who had two bad things hurt him on one day! His name was Mephibosheth. Say it with me 5x’s fast!
Well, Mephibosheth gets some sad news: He finds out that his grandfather and his father had died. On the same day, he falls and hurts himself so badly that can not walk anymore! These boo-boos would hurt inside and out.
But you know who was loving and caring for little Mephibosheth all while these owies were happening? God. Sometimes it feels like no one, not even God cares, but He does, even if you can’t tell right away.
A bit later, a friend of Mephibosheth’s dad, Jonathan, wanted to help him. King David (the same David from the Goliath story) wanted to take care of Mephibosheth since he didn’t have any family. Kind King David took care of Mephibosheth like he was one of his own kids. He showed God’s love by caring for one of God’s children. Aren’t we all God’s children? Shouldn’t we all be caring about others?
Since Christmas is coming around, we’re going to sing Jingle Bells, but with words to help us remember that God loves us even when bad things happen:
God loved him. God loved him, even when he hurt.
God loved him. God loved him, even when he hurt.
God loves me. God loves me, even when I’m hurt.
God loves me. God loves me, even when I’m hurt.
(Disclaimer, this song is not my idea, but stolen from the Radiant Life Teacher Book for Preschoolers.)
Alright, now everybody grab a seat at the table and we’ll get some snack then do our craft!
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