By Bethany Barker
Wednesday nights I teach preschool and kindergarteners in our rainbow and daisy class. I love teaching them about the promises of God and watching them grow. This last unit was called believe and it coincides with Easter and passion week. The last lesson was the crucifixion and resurrection. I stared the lesson with grabbing their attention. “I am going to tell you my favorite story!” I say to the nine kids that are now curious. “What is your favorite story, Teacher?” they all start to ask. I started by reminding them about our previous lessons on Jesus being perfect and about Jesus praying in the garden. I then show them a video from saddle back kids that explains Jesus’s arrest, beating and crucifixion in a way that is not so scary for the little ones. I watch as they all are in awe of the story. "But Jesus didn’t do anything bad!” one child tells me with tears filling her eyes. “But we have,” I said.
“But Jesus didn’t do anything bad!” one child tells me with tears filling her eyes. “But we have,” I said.
In Hebrew 4:15 states, “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” Even though He was tempted He never gave in to temptation unlike everyone else. Paul reminds the early church in Rome that, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23) Sometimes in the excitement of the holiday season we forget the impact of what Jesus did for us. He took our punishment. He did not do anything wrong; we did. He did not deserve death; we did. I hope to never get numb to the fact that a sinless perfect Jesus died for my sinful imperfect self.
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