I Taught Sunday School Again, Thank You

This was only my second time. The first time around I told Shawn I was going to tell the kids, "This is my first time, be gentle." (that was a joke)

I told a super quick story on how Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem and came upon 10 Lepers. I then explained what Leprosy was and that Jesus healed all 10 and told them to go into town and show that they'd been healed. Only 1 guy came back to say thank you. Only one.

I asked the kids why it's important to be thankful. How do you think Jesus felt when only 1 dude said Thank You? I passed out paper and had them draw something they were thankful for.

Most of the boys drew tanks and guns but one, Tanner drew a little man. At the top of his paper his wrote, "What I am thankful for" and below had written "Jesus". I was touched. His younger brother, Chad took note of this so he drew a figure below the tank and labeled it "God."

"But He's so tiny!" I laughed. Chad laughed too. "God is so huge, He's so big and you drew Him so small!" He laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "I ran out of room!" he said.

Now there's a metaphor if I ever heard one.

It went pretty well, though the boys were a bit rowdy. I had to raise my voice a couple times and I actually saw that they took notice. I was shocked. It worked! They stopped in their tracks and stared at me as if to say, "Whoa, maybe we'd better cool it." I was dumbfounded!

One little girl, Makenzie, is just a dream come true. She helps me find things in the cupboard and is just a doll. All of the kids are really great, fart jokes or not. The boys kept this up for a little while and I finally said, "Man! You guys are gassy today! What'd you have for breakfast, beans?"

Of course that sparked everyone to call out at once what they'd had for breakfast. It was ok, though. I had fun. It would be absolutely perfect if the boys were a tad better, though.

God must be testing me....