Last Sunday seemed to be a comedy of errors with our preschool Sunday School staff. Our craft station leader comes in and asks me if I had made copies of a particular paper for that day. It didn’t look familiar to me. It was not the coloring sheet I had copied for the "leaflet/review" station. We eventually determined that she was a week ahead of herself! She was thinking summer mode already and had looked at the craft suggestion for the first Sunday in June! In a few minutes, our storytelling station leader came in. She commented that we were doing a strange lesson for this Sunday. She had looked at the wrong lesson also—but a different one than the craft leader!
I came across this verse in Deuteronomy that made me think of last Sunday!
Deuteronomy 28:28
The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.
It’s really an admonition to the Israelites of what will happen to those who do not obey the Lord but I was thinking that it sort of described us for a few minutes last Sunday morning!
But God was merciful and allowed us to quickly pull together the correct lesson for the day.
And the interesting thing was that our lesson was really on The Beatitudes. Our puppet, Sprout, asked the teacher, “Jesus also said, ‘Blessed are the merciful.’ What does it mean to be merciful?” And the teacher responded, “To be merciful means to be kind and loving, even when people do not deserve it.” We goofed. We did not deserve God’s mercy when we were unprepared for last Sunday’s lesson but God was merciful and allowed us to quickly regain our confidence and share His message with His children.
The Beatitudes
2And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
6"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Heavenly Father, Thank you for the mercy You show us every day. Thank you for being kind and loving even when we do not deserve it. Help us to show that mercy to others. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
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