At one point, I asked the kids to tell me words that could describe how his disciples must have felt when Jesus died. As the request came out of my mouth, I wondered what one of Jack's classmates would think. She lost her mom in a car accident last winter.
"Sad," said one boy. "Hopeless," said someone else. I wrote the words on the chalkboard.
"Devastated," she said.
We read 1 Corinthians 15:22 and talked about what Jesus' resurrection means. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. And then we came up with a list of words to describe how his disciples must have felt when they realized Jesus was with them again.
Happy. Hopeful. Restored.
I am a disciple like Thomas. It's hard for me to believe things I haven't seen for myself. But today what I did see was this girl's eyes shining brightly as we talked. Happy. Hopeful. And they reminded me why I choose faith.
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What a perfect faith promoting moment. That warmed my heart reading that. :)
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