⛰️a hillside⚽a red ball🍈a ripe fig🧺a basket of figs🪀a wooden top
Yael's day.
The big ideaJesus taught that we should treat other people the way we want to be treated.
How it works
Yael is a made-up girl in a village beside a big lake in Galilee. One day she sits on a hillside to hear Jesus teach.
Jesus told them to treat other people the way they wanted to be treated. He also said to be kind to people who are unkind, to give to people who ask, not to judge, and to forgive.
In the story Yael meets small moments, each tied to what Jesus taught. She asks Tavi kindly for her ball, gives Old Eli a fig, invites Mira to play, helps Dov pick up his figs and lends Nadav her top.
Jesus also said to take the plank out of your own eye first. Yael says sorry to Noam before she helps with the speck in his eye.
⚽Tavi: asked kindly🍈Eli: a fig🤗Mira: invited🧺Dov: helped🪀Nadav: lent a top
Yael's small moments.The plank and the speck.
Example 1: Ask, do not grab
Tavi took Yael's red ball, and she wanted to grab it back.
She remembered how she would like to be asked.
So she asked kindly, and they threw it together.
Example 2: Think how it feels
Mira stood alone by the wall.
Yael wondered how she would feel in Mira's place.
So she invited Mira to play, and now the circle had room for everyone.
Example 3: Plank first
Yael had been cross with Noam all week, so her own eye was not so clear.
She said sorry first.
Then she held up a clean cloth, and the speck floated out.
Words to know
judge
To decide that someone is bad, without helping them.
plank
A long, heavy board that builders use.
golden rule
Treat other people the way you want to be treated.
Watch out
Yael is a made-up girl. Her day is a story to show what Jesus taught.
Jesus did not say to be kind only to friends, or to pay back unkind words.
When Dov tripped, Yael did not laugh. She helped him pick up his figs.
Yael did not grab the ball back. She asked kindly.
Try it
How did Jesus say to treat other people?
What did Yael do when Tavi took her ball?
Who stood alone by the wall?
Which comes first, your own plank or your friend's speck?
Answers: 1. The way you want to be treated · 2. Asked him kindly to play together · 3. Mira · 4. Your own plank
Try at homeWith a grown-up, pick one person to treat today the way you would like to be treated. Tell them how it went.
For grown-upsChoose one person together and try the Mission: treat them today the way your child would like to be treated, then talk about how it went. Yael and the others are made-up, so they are examples, not people from the Bible.
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