The boys and I are following the Lectionary this year for Bible class and this week’s scripture comes from Luke 15, the Parable of the Lost Sheep. We read it and re-read it aloud. Jeremy, my deep thinker, carried on a great discussion about God loving everyone equally. He was even able to look up the verses independently. When I asked Jackson what he thought about the story, the conversation took a left turn.
“So what did you learn from the parable?”
“I don’t know,” he says.
“When the shepherd went to look for his one lost sheep, what does that tell you?”
“That sheep are great animals.”
Okay then. Fair point. Let’s go another direction.
“What if a building was on fire in Smallville and 100 people were stuck inside? Let’s say Superman rescued 99 of them. Would he stop there? Would he leave one in the building?”
“No way!” says Jack. “He would rescue everyone.”
“So would God. That one person is just as important to him as the other 99.”
