Our Fall Tree

Now that fall is here, our Galatians 5:22-23 tree has become the 2 Corinthians 5:17 tree. I wanted our tree to reflect the changing of the leaves outside. Each week the kids get to put on a leaf that has the name of a Bible character on it. We then read a story about that person each night. It is important for our children to see the people in the Bible as real folks who had real struggles and real sin in their lives. Two of the guys we have studied thus far are David and Moses, both were murderers-both felt justified in their acts..."The heart is deceitful above all things..." (Jeremiah 17:9). Yet God loved each of them, and through Him, they became Godly men who were able to do great things. In fact, David was called "a man after God's own heart." Just as the leaves are changing outside, so God changes the heart of man. Our theme verse is, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17