Finding courage to express God's love

Stephanie S. Johnson

Jason is Matt's next-door neighbor and his best friend. Jason can run faster than anyone else Matt knows. He can bat and throw balls the farthest of anyone, too. Best of all, he always has the time and patience to show Matt how to do things better or to teach him something new. Every day after school the two boys ride the school bus together, excited to get home to play. When they get to their but stop, Jason sometimes takes a flying leap off the step of the bus, which always makes Matt laugh.

One day, though, when Jason leapt, he fell and hurt himself. Now, Matt had seen his friend cry before, but never like this. The tears just kept flowing. When Matt saw his friend hurting, he wanted to help. He knew the first thing his own family would do would be to pray. But what would Jason think? Matt goes to Sunday School, and he knew that Jason went to another Sunday School each week too, but the boys had never talked about that kind of stuff.

That week Matt's Sunday School teacher had given everyone in the class a Bible verse to read every day. She told them that they didn't need to memorize it, which made Matt glad. Instead, his teacher asked them to read the verse every morning and think about it. She told them that if they put the ideas in the Bible verse into practice that week, they would be able to remember it. She explained that it is not enough just to say the words. You actually live the idea when you put the words into practice with your thoughts and actions. Then the idea is part of you, and you don't forget it.

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