A Moment to Remember

The week before Easter I asked the kids why we truly celebrate Easter. Most of them said stuff about Easter Egg Hunts and the Easter Bunny and a few of them at least knew it was something about Jesus. I tried to explain a little bit, but everytime I tried they would get totally sidetracked.

I asked them, "How many of you have NEVER done ANYTHING wrong?"
Several hands go up...uh oh.

"Are you sure about that," I asked, "because I'm pretty sure that you've probably sassed your mom or not wanted to share your toys or had a mean thought about someone before."

One girl said, "Sammy in my class didn't share his toys with me."
Another said, "Well I don't EVER get in trouble."
"My brother gets in trouble all the time," another kid mentioned.

I figured it was time to simplify things or we'd be here all day...
"Okay," I said "why don't you just tell me what Jesus did on Easter...anybody?"

"HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD," said the little girl who I often ask to just give our Bible Lesson.

"Yes! He rose from the dead!," I said, "Now when I call your name just tell me what Jesus did on Easter."

There were 10 children so I hoped that after the question was asked 10 more times they would at least pick up on the fact that Easter was about Jesus.

Some of the kids got it right as I went around the circle and asked the same question over and over and over. Some of them said he went on an Easter Egg Hunt or something of that nature. My favorite answer, though, hands down was this one:

"HE TURNED INTO A ROBOT"

Oh my...at least I tried!