Word Girl

OK, so in the past 6 months I have done two "Word Girl" themed children's sermons. Since you must work with children if you are reading this blog, I am going to assume that you know "Word Girl" as the PBS show featuring World Girl (also known as 5th grader Becky Botsford) as a super hero who teaches vocabulary. Being that my name is Becky, I have adopted this idea to use as a launching point to introduce different words to kids. So here is this past week's "Word Girl" sermon on the word JUSTICE Take a look and tell me what you think!

Children’s Message
Sunday, November 27, 2011
“Justice”

I have decided to put my “word girl” cape back on this morning to talk with you about a word that I am thinking about today. That word is “Justice”. Now, I know for some of you, that word might make you think about fashion, and for some of you that word might make you think about fighting bad guys, but actually, Justice means, in a nutshell, “to treat others fairly”. A lot of the messages in the Bible are about Justice.

In Micah, we are instructed to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.

In Amos, we see that prophet using the idea of “Justice rolling down like waters” to show the people how things could be different by following God’s way

In Isaiah, we hear the prediction that the Messiah will “come to bring justice to the nations”.
So when we read the Bible, we know that God wants justice, we know that we are called to do justice, and perhaps at this time of year, most importantly, we know that Jesus brought justice to our world.

So how can we live this Justice that God taught? How can we treat others fairly?

We can think and talk about it more in Sunday School, and as we prepare in this advent season, and wait for the Messiah who will bring justice to the nations, we can think about ways we can follow Jesus by bringing justice to our world.

Let’s pray:
As God’s people,
We are taught to seek justice.
Help us to try to treat others fairly
And bring justice to our world.
Amen.