Try doing what's right

Doing the right thing isn't always easy. Maybe you broke your brother's Gameboy when you weren't even supposed to be playing with it. You know the right thing is to tell him and your parents, but you also know you'll get in trouble if you do that!

Jesus faced the same problems. God let Him become a person like us so He could save the world, but that wasn't easy. In this week's Gospel (John 3:14-21), Jesus talks about it.

Your brother's Gameboy is his favorite thing in the world. If you admit you broke it, you might get grounded, sent to your room or worse -- you might have to pay for it! It's so hard to do the right thing and tell what happened.

For Jesus, doing the right thing meant saving the world. That was a big job for one person -- especially since He knew that people would hate Him and even hurt Him for trying to change things!

When you're trying to do the right thing, it's important to say what really happened: Something got broken. It was an accident. You weren't trying to hurt anyone's stuff; you were just having fun.

In the Gospel story, Jesus says something like that. He reminds us that He didn't become a person to yell at us or judge people and say they couldn't go to heaven. He came to help us get closer to God, so we can all live in heaven someday.

Doing the right thing isn't easy, but it is important. When you do something wrong and don't admit it, you're turning away from God. That's just what Jesus said not to do!

God loves us so much; Jesus came in person to tell us that. And nothing we can do will make God stop loving us -- even breaking a Gameboy.