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The SCS
Teacher is having her class do a play about the 1st
miracle that Jesus performed. It was at a wedding in Cana of
Galilee.
“Oh, Oh!”
said Running Chairs, rushing in late. “A wedding! Like, you
know, I want to be the bride! Like can I! Please? Please?”
“Yes Running
Chairs, you may be the bride. The bride has a non speaking
role. Here is your head dress. Now, Barabas, here is your
costume to be Jesus. And Elizabeth, you have your blue scarf
for you to be Mary, the mother of Jesus. Sam, you are a
disciple and Haman, you will be the Chief Steward and Polly, you
are the servant girl. Now, is every body ready? Pastor Ed,
start the video camera.
“Oh! Oh!”
Running Chairs interrupted to say “Like what does a ‘non
speaking role’ mean?” “It means you don’t get to say any
words,” said the SCS Teacher. Running Chairs pouted and took
her place. And again the SCS Teacher nodded to Pastor Ed to
start the video camera.
“Jesus, my
son,” said Mary. “The wedding party is so embarrassed. They
have run out of wine.”
Jesus asked
“Why do you tell this to me? I have never performed miracles
before.”
Mary said to
the servant girl “Do whatever he tells you to do.”
Jesus said to
the servant girl “See those six big empty jugs over there?
(actually, there is one real jug and five pretend jugs) Go fill
them with water.”
So the
servant girl Polly did as Jesus asked. She walked to the
village well and filled jug #1. She carried it back and then
she carried jug #2 to the well and filled it. She did the same
for jug #3, jug #4, jug #5 and jug #6. Then she went back to
Jesus.
“Now pour
some for Haman.” Said Barabas. “Oops, I mean for the Chief
Steward.” The servant girl Polly poured a glass of water from
the jug and took it to the Chief Steward, but she was
skeptical. “I don’t think the steward is going to be fooled.
He will notice that this is water and not wine.”
Haman, the
Chief Steward took the glass and, suspecting nothing, lifted it
to his lips. “Hmmmmm.” He said in an ‘oh hum’ kind of voice.
And he tasted it. “Hmmm Mmmm!” He said in a very excited voice!
He went to the bride and said “You saved the best for last! Now
THAT is good wine!”
Wine! Not
water? The servant Polly and the Disciple Sam saw what
happened. Jesus had turned that water into wine! Not just a
little water into a little wine, but a LOT of water into a LOT
of wine. And not just wine, but Hmmm Mmmmm wine.! It was a
miracle. It was a sign.
And this
first sign from Jesus, from God, shows us that God’s Love and
Forgiveness comes when we need it. And there is a lot of it and
it is very good when it comes.
The SCS
Teacher nodded for Pastor Ed to turn off the camera and the play
was completed. THE END
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