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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 74279" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's good that husband is able to use his own experience (and gradual acceptance) to want to help these boys. Worksheets are often good for these kids in Sunday School. It does depend on how each child ticks, however.</p><p></p><p>When I taught Sunday School I used to act out the stories and sometimes get very graphic about the lesson (such as the story about Naaman being told to bathe in the Jordan - we have a very smelly creek outside our Sunday School room, I used that as the Jordan). The kids always remembered the lesson. Not easy, though, with a wide range of abilities and ages.</p><p></p><p>The parents are praying for God to fix it - hmmm. It brings to mind an ancient MAD magazine and their spoof of the original "Poseidon Adventure" (which MAD called "The Poop-Side-Down Adventure"). In the spoof the two ministers of religion are arguing about what the people should do. "God put us here, I think we should stay here until rescue arrives," says the old preacher.</p><p>The new preacher is a firebrand. "No, it's going to be hard, but the only way to be rescued is to save ourselves. This is a test by God, we must meet that test. We will have to claw, climb, do dangerous things, it will be hard but God wants us to do this. See that Christmas tree? We can climb up it to get to the floor up there. I know it's dangerous, there are electric lights shorting out everywhere, but this is what God wants us to do."</p><p>Another character pipes up. "Why don't we just use that ladder over there?"</p><p>The preacher turns round and snarls, "What are you, an atheist?"</p><p></p><p>My point is, God helps those who help themselves. We have been given brains to learn, to collect knowledge, to learn to use that knowledge. Collectively the human race has resources which we can always trace back to God's gifts to us. Surely it is an insult to God to not put these gifts to good use?</p><p></p><p>I remember a Sunday School teacher I had as a child. A zealot. A nice person, but determined her way was God's way.</p><p>Her daughter was born with a turn in her eye. The doctors told her the baby needed surgery to bring her eyes back but the mother said, "No, God is telling me I must let Him heal her."</p><p>And so she prayed. For two years. I don't know what made her finally let the doctors operate, but at two years old there were already problems from leaving it so long. So there were complications. I remember this woman telling us in a Sunday School lesson how the doctors were worried because there was an infection where they had stitched, or something, and they couldn't get the stitches out. The little girl was in a lot of pain one afternoon and crying a lot, "So I cupped my hand over her eye and prayed, and prayed - and the stitch fell out, right in my hand."</p><p>Although I was still pre-teen I was already enough of a scientist to want to say, "Maybe it was a combination of her tears lubricating everything plus the warmth of your hand, that helped the stitch fall out," but I already knew enough to shut up. We'd heard the other side of the story from our parents - who were always happy to pray, but never expected God to do EVERYTHING for us.</p><p></p><p>We are as God made us, we can celebrate that - but that doesn't mean we do nothing with it. It's like the parable of the talents - you've got to DO something with what you've been given, not just tuck it away safely and expect good things to still happen.</p><p></p><p>I wish husband luck with this one. Not easy.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 74279, member: 1991"] It's good that husband is able to use his own experience (and gradual acceptance) to want to help these boys. Worksheets are often good for these kids in Sunday School. It does depend on how each child ticks, however. When I taught Sunday School I used to act out the stories and sometimes get very graphic about the lesson (such as the story about Naaman being told to bathe in the Jordan - we have a very smelly creek outside our Sunday School room, I used that as the Jordan). The kids always remembered the lesson. Not easy, though, with a wide range of abilities and ages. The parents are praying for God to fix it - hmmm. It brings to mind an ancient MAD magazine and their spoof of the original "Poseidon Adventure" (which MAD called "The Poop-Side-Down Adventure"). In the spoof the two ministers of religion are arguing about what the people should do. "God put us here, I think we should stay here until rescue arrives," says the old preacher. The new preacher is a firebrand. "No, it's going to be hard, but the only way to be rescued is to save ourselves. This is a test by God, we must meet that test. We will have to claw, climb, do dangerous things, it will be hard but God wants us to do this. See that Christmas tree? We can climb up it to get to the floor up there. I know it's dangerous, there are electric lights shorting out everywhere, but this is what God wants us to do." Another character pipes up. "Why don't we just use that ladder over there?" The preacher turns round and snarls, "What are you, an atheist?" My point is, God helps those who help themselves. We have been given brains to learn, to collect knowledge, to learn to use that knowledge. Collectively the human race has resources which we can always trace back to God's gifts to us. Surely it is an insult to God to not put these gifts to good use? I remember a Sunday School teacher I had as a child. A zealot. A nice person, but determined her way was God's way. Her daughter was born with a turn in her eye. The doctors told her the baby needed surgery to bring her eyes back but the mother said, "No, God is telling me I must let Him heal her." And so she prayed. For two years. I don't know what made her finally let the doctors operate, but at two years old there were already problems from leaving it so long. So there were complications. I remember this woman telling us in a Sunday School lesson how the doctors were worried because there was an infection where they had stitched, or something, and they couldn't get the stitches out. The little girl was in a lot of pain one afternoon and crying a lot, "So I cupped my hand over her eye and prayed, and prayed - and the stitch fell out, right in my hand." Although I was still pre-teen I was already enough of a scientist to want to say, "Maybe it was a combination of her tears lubricating everything plus the warmth of your hand, that helped the stitch fall out," but I already knew enough to shut up. We'd heard the other side of the story from our parents - who were always happy to pray, but never expected God to do EVERYTHING for us. We are as God made us, we can celebrate that - but that doesn't mean we do nothing with it. It's like the parable of the talents - you've got to DO something with what you've been given, not just tuck it away safely and expect good things to still happen. I wish husband luck with this one. Not easy. Marg [/QUOTE]
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