Sitting in my students art class today we had a project to draw our favorite animal and tell why we chose the animal that we did.. As I sat and watched my students draw... some drew dogs.. A bear.. A giraffe and so on when I overheard what one of the other kids was drawing in the class..
He started off drawing a snake and explaining that he is sneaky and that's why he drew the snake and when he was told that it was a contest in a way he decided to draw another animal that he knew would win because of what it represented and everyone would choose it because of that and that was the Jesus fish.. When he started talking about how he wanted to draw it because everyone cant not choose the Jesus fish because if they didn't choose it then Jesus would be mad and all this other stuff it made me start to think... The kid said all of this in a joking matter and made sure everyone around him was laughing some way because he wanted to sound really cool..
Of course he didn't win because of the attitude he had with the idea of the picture and also because it honestly wasn't that great of a picture but as I sat there I started wondering things..
First when he drew then snake he said it was because he was sneaky.. He had a serpent like attitude and it's crazy how he can go from a snake to a Jesus fish in less than 3 minutes.. It showed me that his drawing was not genuine.
How did the other kids feel about the conversation that was taking place? Was he offending the other students in the class that might be a Christian and claim Christianity..
How did he feel about the conversation he was talking about.. It's funny how much he knew about this man named Jesus but in no way acted like he went to church or had a relationship with Jesus Christ but did he want one.. Was this a cry out in a way for someone to share with him the love of Jesus and help guide him into the way of salvation?
And my last thought was how could I just sit there? How could I plainly see that he was making fun of the man I call my savior and just sit there like nothing was happening? To be honest I am nervous I know how hard it is to profess your faith in a room full of students just staring at you but why would I let that stop me...
As I sat in this situation my thoughts came back to questions I had.. He knew so much about Jesus and he could stand up and scream praise the Lord but does he have a relationship with Jesus does it just come back to the Are you a fan or a follower lesson we have been learning about.. It makes me wonder about the people in my life who claim to have a relationship with Jesus but in some ways never show Jesus in the circumstances of their life but still claim to follow him.. I think I do this in my own life sometimes but it breaks my heart when I see it in the lives around me including myself..
So is it true.. Is it true that so many people can claim to know Jesus and know so much about his characteristic but not truly know Him? That is my prayer as I sit here and think about these people that they can stop acting like people who follow Christ and claim to know Him and start actually following Him and being his disciple...
He started off drawing a snake and explaining that he is sneaky and that's why he drew the snake and when he was told that it was a contest in a way he decided to draw another animal that he knew would win because of what it represented and everyone would choose it because of that and that was the Jesus fish.. When he started talking about how he wanted to draw it because everyone cant not choose the Jesus fish because if they didn't choose it then Jesus would be mad and all this other stuff it made me start to think... The kid said all of this in a joking matter and made sure everyone around him was laughing some way because he wanted to sound really cool..
Of course he didn't win because of the attitude he had with the idea of the picture and also because it honestly wasn't that great of a picture but as I sat there I started wondering things..
First when he drew then snake he said it was because he was sneaky.. He had a serpent like attitude and it's crazy how he can go from a snake to a Jesus fish in less than 3 minutes.. It showed me that his drawing was not genuine.
How did the other kids feel about the conversation that was taking place? Was he offending the other students in the class that might be a Christian and claim Christianity..
How did he feel about the conversation he was talking about.. It's funny how much he knew about this man named Jesus but in no way acted like he went to church or had a relationship with Jesus Christ but did he want one.. Was this a cry out in a way for someone to share with him the love of Jesus and help guide him into the way of salvation?
And my last thought was how could I just sit there? How could I plainly see that he was making fun of the man I call my savior and just sit there like nothing was happening? To be honest I am nervous I know how hard it is to profess your faith in a room full of students just staring at you but why would I let that stop me...
As I sat in this situation my thoughts came back to questions I had.. He knew so much about Jesus and he could stand up and scream praise the Lord but does he have a relationship with Jesus does it just come back to the Are you a fan or a follower lesson we have been learning about.. It makes me wonder about the people in my life who claim to have a relationship with Jesus but in some ways never show Jesus in the circumstances of their life but still claim to follow him.. I think I do this in my own life sometimes but it breaks my heart when I see it in the lives around me including myself..
So is it true.. Is it true that so many people can claim to know Jesus and know so much about his characteristic but not truly know Him? That is my prayer as I sit here and think about these people that they can stop acting like people who follow Christ and claim to know Him and start actually following Him and being his disciple...
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