At church heard some great thoughts on how we can get so busy that we don’t let God into our lives. The teacher brought up a very good example. We recall from the scriptures that When Joseph and Mary came to Bethlehem, there was no room in the in. He compared it to how we may not have room in our lives for Christ because of other pursuits. I hope the following theme can be of use to youth ministries, family counselors, family devotionals, Sunday schools and family home evenings.

Object lesson: room in our lives.
Get a tall cup and start cramming a bunch of small marshmallows as tightly as possible into the cup as you can. Press them in hard and tight as you can. Now try to pour water in the tightly crammed dup and you will see that not much goes in because the space is filled in by marsh mellow.

Now put that cup in the microwave and turn on the heat. The marshmallows will swell and may spill over the top.

What can we learn from this lesson. We can fill our lives with items of little substance such as marshmallows. You can discuss as a family or a class what types of objects we fill our lives with to represent the marshmallows. We can see their worth by applying a little heat. They don’t stand well under the heat.

Put in items of strong substance in our lives and it can endure more effectively in the heat or trials of life. Talk about ways how we can fill our lives with things related to God. It can range from being truly Christian in following Christ’s example. We can endeavor to be good people and making better choices in our lives.

If you have other ideas to add to this theme, please feel free to add them in the comment section of this blog. Thanks