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KIDS MESSAGE
by Theresa Murray
theresa@masoncounty.com
“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You
must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow
to get angry. Human anger does not produce the
righteousness God desires.” — James 1:19-20
I read a Story that I would like to share with you. It
teaches us a valuable lesson about how our words,
and our tempers, have a lot of impact on people.
Nails In the Fence — Author Unknown
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His
father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every
time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into
the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the
fence! Over the next few weeks, as he learned to
control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier
to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the
fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his
temper at all. He told his father about it and his father
suggested that they boy now pull out one nail for each
day that he was able to hold his temper. The days
passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his
father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the
fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look
at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the
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same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar
just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and
draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say
. I’m sorry,‘the wound is still there.”
The little boy then understood how powerful his
words were. He looked up at his father and said, “I
hope you can forgive me, father, for the holes I put in
you.”
“Of course I can,” said the father.
I can imagine Jesus in this scenario, with His
outstretched hands, and scars and holes from the
nails. That will always remind us how much He loves
us.
“..but God shows his love for us in that while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
We have been talking about forgiveness and
repentance, haven’t we? Christ died for us and forgave
us while we are still sinners, because we ALL sin and
fall short of His glorious standards! (Romans 3:23)
Jesus will always have holes in His hands and feet,
and his side, for all Eternity.‘We can repent and
mature, but we will still sin, until He returns for us.
Then He will give us perfect bodies, that will never
sin but, until then, we have to bridle our tongues, and
control our tempers.
James 3:8 says, “but no human can tame the tongue.
It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” The rest of
that chapter tells us the tongue, one tiny member of
the body, can produce an ‘enormity’ of evil. Whoever
said “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words
can never hurt me” was wrong. They sOmetimes leave
the most lasting scars, and we cannot take back the
things we say and do, even if we ask forgiveness. Like
the damaged fence, the holes are still there.
Even more reason to watch what we say and do!
Now, I bet you guys are all nice, and don’t have a bad
temper, but maybe you know someone who does,
and you can share this story with them. BUT remind
them Jesus loves them, no matter how many nails
they have to drive into the fence trying to control their
temper. He will work with them, and help them! And
just like the father who forgave his son for the holes,
our Father in heaven forgives us too! Don’t ever forget
Jesus would have died just for YOU, even if you were
the only person who ever loved Him! ‘
I am so thankful and grateful He loves me! How about
you?
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1. Is the book of 1_ Thessalonians in the Old
or New Testament or neither?
2. To keep Adam and Eve away after the
Fall, what did God place around the tree of
life? Smokingpits, Deep moat, Cherubims
with a flaming sword, Walking Vipers
3. Who is the only daughter of Jacob spe-
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Iunias, Noadiah, Orpah
4. From 2 Samuel 12, what personality did
God name Iedidiah? David, Amos, 8010-
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5. What type water did Iesus offer the Sa—
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6. From John-10, to what type of animals are
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