Hard Times
Children's sermon
Object:
Box of Tissues
When you see a box of tissues what do you normally think of? (let children respond) It may be that people are sad and are crying. We often don't want others to see that we are crying. Jesus was very familiar with tears and in fact right before his death, the Bible tells us that he had tears of blood. So he understands when we are sad and hurting.
In our story we see two angels speaking to Mary at the tomb of Jesus. They said, "Woman why are you crying?" (John 20:13) She tells them that her Lord had been taken away. But then Jesus actually speaks to her, "Woman why are you crying? (John 20:15) Mary did not recognize Jesus and maybe that was because she was so upset.
He then calls her by her name! Mary didn't need any more tissues, she had Jesus! We too may have sad moments when we are so confused and crying that we fail to see Jesus right beside us calling our name.
How do we apply this to our lives?
It is natural to have hard moments in our lives here on earth. Jesus certainly did! But we can use those times to really get closer to Jesus. He is there in our midst. Let's try to recognize him and allow him to call our name to wipe away our tears and give us hope.
Take a tissue but even all the more, take Jesus to be your comfort.
In our story we see two angels speaking to Mary at the tomb of Jesus. They said, "Woman why are you crying?" (John 20:13) She tells them that her Lord had been taken away. But then Jesus actually speaks to her, "Woman why are you crying? (John 20:15) Mary did not recognize Jesus and maybe that was because she was so upset.
He then calls her by her name! Mary didn't need any more tissues, she had Jesus! We too may have sad moments when we are so confused and crying that we fail to see Jesus right beside us calling our name.
How do we apply this to our lives?
It is natural to have hard moments in our lives here on earth. Jesus certainly did! But we can use those times to really get closer to Jesus. He is there in our midst. Let's try to recognize him and allow him to call our name to wipe away our tears and give us hope.
Take a tissue but even all the more, take Jesus to be your comfort.
