On Sunday evenings, beginning at 6:30, at our church I have a group of elementary children for our youth group program. Everyone of them are great kids, easy to teach and their parents would be proud of them. I usually read them a story about life's challenges, followed by one of the kids taking a turn reading a story from a book I have of children's bible stories.
God instructs us not to worry and have faith, like children do. In the lesson for tonight, the story talked about a person, with problems, laying them at the foot of the cross, giving them to Jesus, never having to worry about it any longer as Jesus was going to take care of it.
In the story, the person died and was setting in a room with other people with patches that pertained to their lives. The person was embarrassed as their patches had holes in them and were ragged. The angels instructed the people to sew their patches together and they would then share their quilt with each other.
As the person sat and sewed their patches together, he noticed the patches of the others. They were colorful, not worn and simply beautiful, compared to his own. When they were done, one by one they stood and showed off their quilts and talked about their lives.
It became the persons turn with the worn, holey, and torn patches to share their quilt. As he stood, everyone looked at the quilt with astonishment and envy. The light showed through the quilt and a picture of Jesus' face appeared.
The person explained how through their life he had daily prayer, any problems he had he turned it over to God and asked Him for His help.
We all need to do this in our lives. We can't do it by ourselves. I need to practice what I teach ;-)
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