It Was An Accident

Kids says the most wonderful things. Our congregation has a lot of kids so each week I could write something from them. But I have to share what one mother told me her six-year-old daughter said. This is what the mother wrote:

We were driving and she noticed the Methodist Church. We talked about how that was an old church and we had a new church (building). She then asked who lived in the big white house next door to the church. I told her it was a funeral home, and proceeded to tell her what a funeral and funeral home were. She asked me if that's where Granny and Papaw went to say goodbye to Jesus! I told her that Jesus died way before Granny and Papaw were born...it happened a looooonnnnnggg time ago.

She began talking about the video showed during communion on Sunday (an edited version of the Passion). She was saying how much blood Jesus had on him and how terrible it was. I told her that Jesus' death was terrible, that people were incredibly mean to him, but that he was very brave and did it for us. That just shows us how much Jesus loves us!

Then Hope asked "why did Jesus do that?" I told her "Jesus died for our sins," and she asked "our sins...your sins Mommy?". . . "yes, for my sins". . . She asked "did Jesus die for my sins Mommy?". . . I said "he did Hope." She sat for a few minutes in silence then said "Mommy, whatever I did to Jesus I promise it was an accident!"

Don't we wish that was true of us all. Unfortunately some of my sins are not an accident. Jesus died for all sins. May we all say - whatever I did to Jesus, may he forgive us.

Sid