RPG Juniors
BE CONSIDERATE AND KIND!
AUGUST 28
Titus 2:12
BE CONSIDERATE AND KIND!
Kate makes me so mad! Tammy fumed as she returned home from Kate’s house. The two friends had argued, and Tammy thought of some things she wished she had said to Kate, and they weren’t nice. So as soon as she got home, she scribbled an angry note to her friend, marched to the corner mailbox, and dropped it in. That’ll fix her, she thought.
But as Tammy began to walk back to her home, she remembered what a good friend Kate had been for a long time. I shouldn’t have sent that letter, she thought. Maybe I can get it back. Turning around, she ran to the mailbox. She pulled open the slot and tried to reach her arm inside. That didn’t work. "Oh, no," she whispered. "It’s gone for good."
When Tammy got home, she sat down on a stool at the kitchen counter and told her mother what she had done. "I don’t know why I sent that letter. I was so mad, I wasn’t thinking straight. How can I get it back?"
Mom tore lettuce into a salad bowl as she prepared supper. "Sorry, honey," she said, "but you can’t." "Maybe I could wait for the mailman to pick up the mail tomorrow," suggested Tammy. "He could find it and give it back to me." Mom shook her head. "No, once we mail something, we can’t get it back. No one can interfere with the mail. You should have thought twice before you sent that letter."
"But, Mom," wailed Tammy, "then what can I do?" Mom hugged her tearful daughter. "Call Kate and apologize. Why not invite her over to play?" Tammy blew her nose. "Okay," she agreed. "I can do that."
"And, honey," said Mom, "always remember that just like you can’t take back the letter,we can’t take back any part of our lives.""What do you mean?" asked Tammy. "God has given us a certain number of days in which to live," Mom said. "He lets us choose the words we say, the thoughts we think, and the things we do. But once we say, think, or do them, we can’t take them back again. Just like you can’t get that letter back and rewrite it, we can’t live any part of our lives over."
Thought: Are you careful about things you do and words you say? Have you done something mean when you were angry?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I’ve quarreled with siblings and friends, argued with your parents, and hurt their feelings. I now am reminded I can’t take back those words or actions, but if I’m wrong, please give me courage to tell them I’m sorry and ask their forgiveness. And teach me from today to be a more considerate and kinder child. In Jesus’ name – Amen.
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Titus 2:12
BE CONSIDERATE AND KIND!
Kate makes me so mad! Tammy fumed as she returned home from Kate’s house. The two friends had argued, and Tammy thought of some things she wished she had said to Kate, and they weren’t nice. So as soon as she got home, she scribbled an angry note to her friend, marched to the corner mailbox, and dropped it in. That’ll fix her, she thought.
But as Tammy began to walk back to her home, she remembered what a good friend Kate had been for a long time. I shouldn’t have sent that letter, she thought. Maybe I can get it back. Turning around, she ran to the mailbox. She pulled open the slot and tried to reach her arm inside. That didn’t work. "Oh, no," she whispered. "It’s gone for good."
When Tammy got home, she sat down on a stool at the kitchen counter and told her mother what she had done. "I don’t know why I sent that letter. I was so mad, I wasn’t thinking straight. How can I get it back?"
Mom tore lettuce into a salad bowl as she prepared supper. "Sorry, honey," she said, "but you can’t." "Maybe I could wait for the mailman to pick up the mail tomorrow," suggested Tammy. "He could find it and give it back to me." Mom shook her head. "No, once we mail something, we can’t get it back. No one can interfere with the mail. You should have thought twice before you sent that letter."
"But, Mom," wailed Tammy, "then what can I do?" Mom hugged her tearful daughter. "Call Kate and apologize. Why not invite her over to play?" Tammy blew her nose. "Okay," she agreed. "I can do that."
"And, honey," said Mom, "always remember that just like you can’t take back the letter,we can’t take back any part of our lives.""What do you mean?" asked Tammy. "God has given us a certain number of days in which to live," Mom said. "He lets us choose the words we say, the thoughts we think, and the things we do. But once we say, think, or do them, we can’t take them back again. Just like you can’t get that letter back and rewrite it, we can’t live any part of our lives over."
Thought: Are you careful about things you do and words you say? Have you done something mean when you were angry?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I’ve quarreled with siblings and friends, argued with your parents, and hurt their feelings. I now am reminded I can’t take back those words or actions, but if I’m wrong, please give me courage to tell them I’m sorry and ask their forgiveness. And teach me from today to be a more considerate and kinder child. In Jesus’ name – Amen.
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