There are many ways to teach a Christian principal to the family. And one fun way is to present a serious topic through a joke. I hope today’s lesson can be of use to youth ministries, family devotionals, family counselors, and family home evening’s.
Joke: Tom, Dick and Harry went to a party. After the party they returned to the hotel. The hotel was 600 stories high.
Unfortunately for them, the elevator was not working. They made a plan for the first 200 stories, Tom will crack jokes.
The second 200 stories Dick will tell a happy story and lastly Harry will tell a sad story. They then started up the steps
After 2 hours it was Harry’s turn. He turned to the other two and said “Ok guys, here’s my sad story. I forgot the keys downstairs.
When a family member of friend does something that annoys us, it is easy to get mad. Sometimes we might feel a little more sympathetic toward them if we find ourselves doing the same thing that annoys us to them. There’s a lot of say in walking in another’s shoes. I remember hearing stories where a husband might think that a wife at home raising the kids might be an easy job. Yet when they get in a situation of taking care of the kids for a day or weekend their appreciation of their partner’s labor increases considerably.
The situation can be reversed when a husband need to go out of town and the wife comes to appreciate all the things he did to the family that were not realized until he is absent.
Another way that we might better appreciate the challenges of another person is to learn more about them. One’s background can make a large impact on how someone responds to a given situation. There might also be conditions that lead up to a problem that an outside observer may not be aware of. Thinking of possible contributions to another’s troubling behavior might help us better understand their actions. This might help us feel more forgiveness.
We may have all at one time forgot our keys, locked ourselves out of the car, forgot or lost our homework or some other thing. Have the family members come up with a pretend scenario of someone and then come up with imaginary events that might lead up to that person acting as they did. This might help us increase our sympathy and compassion.
What ideas do you have to teach the principal of forgiveness or do you have a joke that would contribute to teaching important values?
