12/26/2020
Get to know kid’s interest and draw illustrations they are passionate about. Speak to me of how Jesus wants to restore me like making an antique truck better than new and I get that—you have my full attention!!! I draw lessons for my crafts from nature to illustrate lesson themes. And as you get to know your kids you can make this even more relevant. What are your kids jazzed about? Christ's "messages of mercy were varied to suit His audience. He knew 'how to speak a word in season to him that is weary'. (Isa. 50:4); for grace was poured upon His lips, that He might convey to men in the most attractive way the treasures of truth. He had tact to meet the prejudiced minds, and surprise them with illustrations that won their attention. Through the imagination He reached the heart. His illustrations were taken from the things of daily life, and although they were simple, they had in them a wonderful depth of meaning. The birds of the air, the lilies of the field, the seed, the shepherd and the sheep,--with these objects Christ illustrated immortal truth; and ever afterward, when His hearers chanced to see these things of nature, they recalled His words. Christ's illustrations constantly repeated His lessons." (DA 254:2)