Apparently during a rainstorm last Wednesday, the young men and young women of the church had a project where the teenage girls were each given a cookie. They were given the assignment to find a box outside that would protect their cookie. The young men of the congregation had the responsibility of protecting the girls with an umbrella against the rain. Some of the girls didn’t come to the activity of their coats, so they stood at he door and didn’t want to go outside..

Apparently some of the guys not only offered to use their umbrellas to protect the girls but may have offered their jackets as well. I thought this is a delightful lesson that emphasizing how each gender may have traits that work in their favor. Girls may have a nurturing attitude toward the family while boys leaned toward being a protector.

I thought that the leadership of the youth did a very good job in use this object lesson to help the young men and women to use the positive traits and helping each other. One young man said during testimony meet that he liked have the opportunity to be a protector and to take care of the girls.

I can see that the cookie could represent children of a family with a father and mother each sharing separate roles for their nurturing and protection. The Cookie could be symbolized in other ways too.

So today’s blog is a complement to some leaders who uses one of object lesson to teach the value that each person possess and helping others.

Do you have an object lesson that you helped form for a youth group, organization that taught a valuable lesson? Please feel free to share in the comment section this blog. Thanks.