Friday, November 18, 2005

Good Morning! 

 

Rest of the books came in on Wednesday, so we should be good to go on Sunday.

 

Note that my dad came home yesterday and is doing well.

 

Today's Overview:  Chapter 3 -- Edmund and the Wardrobe 

 

Our third unit in the book moves to the second chapter of the book.

 

When Lucy returns, she finds that her three brothers and sisters (Peter, Susan and Edmund) have been just a few feet away the whole time.  Lucy tried to tell them about Narnia, but they just make fun of her, even as she sticks to her story.  Later, Lucy and Edmund go back to the room with the wardrobe, and they go back to Narnia.  Edmund can't find Lucy, but runs into someone who turns out to be the White Witch - queen of Narnia.

 

Our lesson for this section hits on the way that Edmund treated Lucy when she first came back from discovering the wardrobe and Narnia. Our study describes him as mean-spirited, selfish and unkind to Lucy.  Not giving away anything in the story, but I think that Edmund's attitude is what makes him vulernable to the White Witch further in the story.

 

I think that the takeaway from this unit is the idea how we show love and kindness to others when they have something to share with us.  Lucy experienced something fantastic, and she wanted to share it with her brothers and sister.  They dismissed her story completely, even after she stuck with it.  I think that there are times were people around us -- friends and family -- have emotions or stories or questions that they want to share with someone else, to help them understand their own feelings or help them make decisions.  But they may be reluctant to do so because it could open them up to the kind of ridicule that Edmund heaped on Lucy.  One of the the things that we can offer to family and friends as Christians is a sense that they can talk to us, that we love them enough for them to trust us with their story, their questions or their emotions.

 

Today's Scriptures

 

The scriptures today focus on brotherly love.

 

John 13:34-35; 1 Peter 3:8;  1 Corinthians 13

 

Today's prayer request:      Our leaders

 

Need to remember our political leaders at the local, state, and national level.  So many things going on -- Iraq, Supreme Court nominee, Hurricane Katrina -- we need to remember them and ask God to give them wisdom and strength as they make decisions and provide leadership for our communities.

 

Today's class member prayer: 

 

Brandon Herring

 

Have a great day.

 

Jay