Are you a "Wreck"?

It blows my mind how smart kids are.

Today at church, my 8, 9, and 10 year old boys were learning about good versus bad. We mostly talked about how it is impossible for us to be perfectly good. We are full of sin which is bad. However, when we become a Christian, God takes away all of our sin making us in his eyes good. Yet, we still have sin.

To help my boys understand this concept better, I asked if someone could think of one example. As soon as I finished the question, two hands shot up. I called on one of the boys and he wanted to share the example of Wreck-It Ralph. He began to say one of Ralph's lines in the movie. As he began to read the line from memory, the other boy jumped in and said it out loud with him. It was the exact same example the other boy was going to give. First of all, if you haven't seen Wreck-It Ralph, I highly encourage you to see it. It really makes you think. Secondly, I want to share what the boys said. Wreck-It Ralph says the line, "I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

The fact that these two boys knew this line was amazing. I wanted them to realize that us humans, are not good. We are bad. Look back at the quote though, especially the last part. That is what God wants. He wants us to be ourselves, but he always wants us to strive to be good. 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10 says, "9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." This is exactly what Ralph was saying and meaning.

If an 8 and 10 year old can realize this, so should we. It's amazing how much kids know. They teach me far more than I teach them. I thank God for the 12 of them everyday. I am beyond blessed.