As Told By Tosin and Chelsey.....

Yesterday, my devotional was a series of rewrites of The Good Samaritan as penned by my eighth graders. In the coming weeks,  my high school students will undertake the same assignment. It's amazing what comes out of kids' minds when we give them a chance to speak about things they know. In all of  the years that we have performed this updating of Jesus' great parable, I have two that have stuck with me more than the others and perhaps not coincidentally, both of these young ladies were on my basketball team. One was written by Tosin Ajiboye when she was in eighth grade and the other came from the mind of Chelsey Villarreal as a sophomore. I bet they make you smile, too!


A girl was shopping in the mall, wearing her six inch stiletto heels, when she fell and twisted her ankle. A group of girls saw her screaming in pain and took her bags. A clerk from Hollister saw her lying on the ground and thought, 'Hey! I don't have to help- she had an attitude with me!' The clerk walked around her. Next, her boyfriend and a group of his friends saw her on the floor. She thought that help had come! Her boyfriend's friends asked him, 'Dude, isn't that your girl?' The boyfriend thought, 'Man, this could really mess up my rep!' He says, 'No- just a wannabe!' Then, one of the boys from the Chess Club saw her and immediately bandaged her and took her to the nearest hospital..and she was all better.
PS: A week later, they started dating!
Tosin

One day, there was this really nerdy guy who was riding his bike home from school. Out of nowhere, he got hit by a car! The driver just kept driving, not thinking twice about it. The first to walk by was the valedictorian. He looked at the boy and calculated how fast the bike was moving and how fast the car was going for him to get hit and be thrown that far. When he figured out the problem, he left and went home to start on his homework. Next, a football player ran by. He said the boy would make a good tackling dummy, laughed for awhile, and left. Then, a gorgeous cheerleader walked by. She grabbed her cell phone, and called for help. She went with the boy to the doctor. The boy ended up being the school mascot, all because of the cheerleader!
THE END
Chelsey


Jesus made his teachings applicable to the crowds and masses. We still have that obligation today. While we might think Tosin's and Chelsey's versions were a little bit silly, let me assure you that middle and high school kids can relate to them. I just wish I could make it this simple. 


God bless,
Steve
Luke 18:1
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