One of my favorite Christian songs is Keith Green’s The Sheep and the Goats. The version on the Gold CD is better than the YouTube rendition, but YouTube has video, which is kind of cool. In my aspiration to be just like Keith Green, I’m working on the beard. Next will be the hair; once I have that, the only difference between us (apart from the fact that he’s dead) will be his piano and teaching skills, which I’m sure I can pick up while I am growing out my hair.
Joshua (playing Jesus) tries to explain things to a Goat (Nate)
As is often the case, I hired the AWANA players (at double their usual rate) to dramatize the song, which they did with their usual flair.
The Sheep were a little slow to clue-in
My T&T kids (Truth & Training, 3rd-5th grades) have a little trouble with abstract thought, but this lesson from Matthew 25 is clear enough for anyone: Jesus closely identifies with the hungry, the thirsty, the sick, the stranger, and the prisoner — and He expects us to minister to them as though we were ministering to Him. It is a little sobering, to think that I might be ignoring Jesus when I ignore a needy person, intent on my own agenda.
The problem with teaching AWANA kids is that you sometimes end up convicted by your own message.
Tim
Tim, I just read that Matthew passage this morning and was trying to think: who are the needy in my life and am I passing them by? Very convicting.
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Love you, Aunt Kate
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