On Palm Sunday we entered Holy Week with cheers and shouts of Hosanna!
Then came the calm before the storm.
Spy Wednesday!
"But if it is a male or a female slave that it gores, he must pay the owner of the slave thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned."
~Exodus 21:32
For 30 pieces of silver
a friend became a traitor.
We first started hiding 30 pieces of quarters silver for the kids to find last year. I don't remember where the idea first came from but, I'm glad I saw it.
It's a wonder how a short game of finders keepers can lead to a lesson about
greed, betrayal, consequences,
and mercy.
They ran, sought after, grabbed
pushed and found.
At the end we read about what Judas did.
Read from Psalms:
"Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me." Psalms 41:9
This has an effect on the kids.
Not enough to give up their silver though; nonetheless it's a good talk and they get it.
This little child was content with her one piece of silver. It was enough for her.
"Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, deeply regretted what he had done. He returned the thirty pieces of silver."
~Mathew 27:3
The Son of Man came not to be served,
but to serve
and to give his life
as a ransom for many.
