...profound truth comes at you in an unexpected package.
And it happened today in Sunday School.
We were talking about gaining perspective on how God views our wants and needs. We watched Rob Bell's nooma video entitled 'kickball.' The long and short of it is a story about him and his son at the mall. His 2 1/2 year old son sees something at one of those kisoks in the walkway that he 'needs.' It's a ball on an elastic string that one attaches to their wrist and can throw and catch in the same motion. The boy is told no, and procedes to melt down.
Meanwhile, Rob (as if we're on a first name basis :)) had planned the whole time to take his son across the street to purchase a brand new kickball. His son, overjoyed, picked one out...I think you see the point.
Upon a discussion about our own ability to see past our own situations, a couple of the teens in the class started talking about how their marching band instructors are always on them to make sure that even if it seems that band members are in (or out) of position, that they must keep the whole picture in mind and trust that their director has them in the right spot for the whole picture to make sense.
Clearly, those folks got it...
...and so did the folks listening to them.
who am I kidding, I got it just a little better too...
And it happened today in Sunday School.
We were talking about gaining perspective on how God views our wants and needs. We watched Rob Bell's nooma video entitled 'kickball.' The long and short of it is a story about him and his son at the mall. His 2 1/2 year old son sees something at one of those kisoks in the walkway that he 'needs.' It's a ball on an elastic string that one attaches to their wrist and can throw and catch in the same motion. The boy is told no, and procedes to melt down.
Meanwhile, Rob (as if we're on a first name basis :)) had planned the whole time to take his son across the street to purchase a brand new kickball. His son, overjoyed, picked one out...I think you see the point.
Upon a discussion about our own ability to see past our own situations, a couple of the teens in the class started talking about how their marching band instructors are always on them to make sure that even if it seems that band members are in (or out) of position, that they must keep the whole picture in mind and trust that their director has them in the right spot for the whole picture to make sense.
Clearly, those folks got it...
...and so did the folks listening to them.
who am I kidding, I got it just a little better too...
1 comment:
I'm smiling. Thank you for sharing.
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