April 6, 2018 at 1:53 p.m.
Good News for Kids
JESUS SEES KID POWER
PRAYER FOR THE WEEK: Jesus, help me remember that kids can do a great job of helping people -- and getting close to you! Amen.
Kids don't have much power. You can't vote for president, drive a car or even decide what time to go to bed at night! Sometimes, it feels like you can't do anything, just because you're a kid. In this week's Gospel (Matthew 25:31-46), Jesus has a surprise for you: He tells you all the ways you can make a difference! If you think there are some things you can't do because you're a kid, you're right. But Jesus wanted us to know that the most important things in the world can be done by anybody -- especially kids! When you've got the chocolate chip cookies everyone wants for lunch, sharing them -- especially when you don't want to -- is feeding the hungry. When your baby brother is begging for a drink from your cup and you let him even though you know he'll drool in it, you're giving a drink to the thirsty! If you put all the clothes you've outgrown in bags for people who don't have enough money for new clothes (and then bug your parents to bring them there), you're clothing the naked. If you go to your grandma's house because she can't visit you, when you'd rather be playing outside, you're visiting the sick. And when you do anything to help someone else, you're helping Jesus, because He's in everybody -- even people you don't like. So you see: Kids can do anything! (11-21-02) [[In-content Ad]]"When I, the Son of Man, come back at the end of the world," Jesus said, "I'll separate the good people from the bad. I'll say to the good ones, `Come to heaven, because I was hungry and you fed me; thirsty, and you gave me a drink; naked, and you clothed me; sick or in jail and you visited me. When you did this for others, you did it for me.' But to the bad, I'll say, `When you wouldn't help others, you weren't helping me. Now, you're left out of heaven.'"
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