RPG Juniors
LEARN TO FORGIVE!
AUGUST 27
Colossians 3:13
LEARN TO FORGIVE!
"Mom! Keri took my magazine without asking!" Shawn called from his bedroom.
"Shawn never shares anything, and he always says no when I ask to borrow something!" Keri’s shout followed her brother’s.
Mom sighed and headed for the room. Shawn and Keri seemed to be constantly arguing and tattling on each other. "Do you think your attitude pleases God?" Mom had asked them often. "You have to learn to work out your problems and forgive each other and get along." But the children kept on tattling, and now Mom had finally had enough. "I’m tired of all this!" she declared. "I’m going to give each of you a notebook. Instead of telling me all your complaints, write down anything the other one does that bothers you. After dinner this Friday, Dad and I will look at your lists and give out any punishment we feel is necessary."
All right! thought Shawn. Keri’s going to get it now! He didn’t have to wait very long before he saw his sister playing with his cars without asking. He ran to get his notebook. All week he watched, and by Friday, Shawn had listed twenty-three things his sister had done.
Just before dinner that day, Keri came to him. "I’ll show you my list if you’ll show me yours," she said.
"Okay," agreed Shawn. "Let’s see it."
Shawn was surprised to see almost thirty things on Keri’s list. He read,
"Shawn slammed the door in my face… Shawn messed up my doll house today… Shawn called me names." And worst of all, "Shawn hit me when I wouldn’t give him some of my candy."
"Oh, no!" moaned Shawn. "If Mom and Dad see this, I’m really going to be in trouble!" Keri was busy reading Shawn’s list. "I am, too," she said. "Shawn, I’m sorry I did all these things." She gave him a pleading look.
"Me, too," said Shawn. Then his face brightened. "Hey, let’s tear up these lists," he suggested. "We can tell Mom and Dad we decided being a tattletale isn’t as much fun as we thought it was! Okay?"Keri eagerly nodded.
Thought: Do you like to say bad things about your siblings or others? Do you think it pleases God? Learn to forgive!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, sometimes it’s easy to notice that other people are doing bad things and not even realize that I’m not perfect yourself. Help me not to be a tale-bearer but to have a forgiving heart and to be patient with others. As You forgave me, may I forgive others. In Christ’ precious name – amen.
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Colossians 3:13
LEARN TO FORGIVE!
"Mom! Keri took my magazine without asking!" Shawn called from his bedroom.
"Shawn never shares anything, and he always says no when I ask to borrow something!" Keri’s shout followed her brother’s.
Mom sighed and headed for the room. Shawn and Keri seemed to be constantly arguing and tattling on each other. "Do you think your attitude pleases God?" Mom had asked them often. "You have to learn to work out your problems and forgive each other and get along." But the children kept on tattling, and now Mom had finally had enough. "I’m tired of all this!" she declared. "I’m going to give each of you a notebook. Instead of telling me all your complaints, write down anything the other one does that bothers you. After dinner this Friday, Dad and I will look at your lists and give out any punishment we feel is necessary."
All right! thought Shawn. Keri’s going to get it now! He didn’t have to wait very long before he saw his sister playing with his cars without asking. He ran to get his notebook. All week he watched, and by Friday, Shawn had listed twenty-three things his sister had done.
Just before dinner that day, Keri came to him. "I’ll show you my list if you’ll show me yours," she said.
"Okay," agreed Shawn. "Let’s see it."
Shawn was surprised to see almost thirty things on Keri’s list. He read,
"Shawn slammed the door in my face… Shawn messed up my doll house today… Shawn called me names." And worst of all, "Shawn hit me when I wouldn’t give him some of my candy."
"Oh, no!" moaned Shawn. "If Mom and Dad see this, I’m really going to be in trouble!" Keri was busy reading Shawn’s list. "I am, too," she said. "Shawn, I’m sorry I did all these things." She gave him a pleading look.
"Me, too," said Shawn. Then his face brightened. "Hey, let’s tear up these lists," he suggested. "We can tell Mom and Dad we decided being a tattletale isn’t as much fun as we thought it was! Okay?"Keri eagerly nodded.
Thought: Do you like to say bad things about your siblings or others? Do you think it pleases God? Learn to forgive!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, sometimes it’s easy to notice that other people are doing bad things and not even realize that I’m not perfect yourself. Help me not to be a tale-bearer but to have a forgiving heart and to be patient with others. As You forgave me, may I forgive others. In Christ’ precious name – amen.
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