Kids Say the Darndest Things, Pt. 13

Last week in Discipleship, I asked if anyone remembered what we had talked about the week before. We're studying Love this semester, and the lesson was on Jesus washing his disciples' feet. There was a lot of silence, and one student said, "I forgot." "It was something Jesus did for his disciples," I told them in an effort to jog their memories. To give them another hint, Jonathan, my co-leader, lifted up and pointed to his foot. "Oh!" exclaimed the one who admitted forgetting. "Kissing people's shoes?"

Pass It On

Our Discipleship program for 8^th and 9^th grade boys meets on Tuesday nights, and we eat dinner together, study Scripture, and play games.  The UVA men’s basketball team was playing a home game against Virginia Tech several Tuesdays ago, and since my parents had generously donated three tickets, I thought I’d buy a couple more and we’d take the boys.  One of our regulars couldn’t make it, so I was scrambling to find someone to use his ticket.  Fortunately, I found an 11^th grader, who had been in Discipleship two years earlier and studied the same topics we’re studying now.

It was great for the boys to bond with him over the material, CHS soccer, and Camp Wabanna.  But what I was most excited about was that I asked him if he remembers any of the memory verses we gave him two years ago, and he said he still practices them!  It’s always nice to know that seeds you planted are still bearing fruit years later.

In case you’re wondering, these are our memory verses this year:

Study Series on The Apostle Paul: His Life and Letters

Romans 4:25

Romans 6:23

Romans 8:31-32 (beginning at “If God…”)

Study Series on Love

Matthew 22:36-40

John 13:34-35

Isaiah 53:5

1 Corinthians 13:6-8 (ending at “Love never fails.”)