My
favorite, favorite thing about my perfect job is that I get to tell Bible
stories every day! I just finished
studying the transfiguration with a friend of mine. When I sat down to look at some of my lesson
plans, I noticed that I had purposefully skipped the story of the
transfiguration. Why don’t we talk about
this more? Why did I skip it? Well, I teach preschoolers and it is a big
concept. Even so, I am known for saying
that preschoolers have much more potential than anyone thinks.
Some
religions even celebrate the transfiguration.
The coolest part about the transfiguration is that God spoke. Peter is talking about building some tents
and is completely flabbergasted when God speaks.
God
did not just speak audibly all of the time in the Bible, let alone the New
Testament. My favorite Ooooo! moments
are when he spoke to Jesus. His baptism
with the trinity present. Ooooh! John 12:28, during his last week before the
crucifixion. There was Paul on the road
to Damascus. Others were visited by angels,
sent by God. Some were sent dreams from
God. Awesome, but in the
transfiguration, God spoke!
I
heard Beth Moore preach about this once.
She said that we cannot learn when we are talking. She said this was “a holy shut thee up!” Luke 9:35 says that God enveloped them with a
cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.”
Oooooo! Listen to him!
Do
we shy away from God’s word, when it is hard to understand? I am going to be working the transfiguration
into my lesson plans next year. I want
my kids to learn how to listen to God speak.
HAVE YOU EVER listened to him?
Proverbs
1:33, 2 Peter 1:16-18
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