Mooster: Ahh Ahh Ahhh =
CHOoooooooo! Oh ugh…
Moe: Wow, Mooster – that was
sooommmme sneeze! Do you have a cold?
Mooster: Yed, apparendly
so. I wode up wid a snuffy node.
Moe: Ohhhh. Isn’t that going
to make it hard for you to teach the Bible lesson today?
Mooster: Ahh ahh ahh
chooooooo…..probably.
Moe: So what are we going to
do?
Mooster: You can teach it.
Moe: Me? What story can I
teach?
Mooster: Moe, you’ve heard
soo many Bible stories. Surely you remember at leads one?
Moe: Well…I can try. How
about the story of Moses and ark?
Mooster: Modes wadn on da
ark!
Moe: Oh, yeah. Maybe I
should do the one about David and Goliath? Remember how David took up a stone
and threw it in the water and all the water stood back and let the Philistines
pass through on dry ground when they were running from Naomi? She was really
mad because her sons had died and so she was riding her camel back to the Israel army to curse them when the camel spoke
and said, “go back to Eden
Mooster: Ahh Ahhh Ahhhhh
chooooooooooooo! Oh Moe, you hab dem all
mixed up! No, no, no. None of dat was right. Do you know a story from the New Testament?
Moe: Uh, bless you. Let’s
see. The New Testament. Let me think. Yep, yep – I know some good stories from
the New Testament! And they go right along with you, too, because they involve
sick people!
Mooster: Ob
boy. Danks. Oday. Let’s hear whad you know.
Moe: Okay. This story is recorded in
Mark and in Luke. One day, Jesus was walking through town. Suddenly, a
synagogue ruler came running up to him. The ruler’s name was Jairus and he fell
down at Jesus’ feet, begging Jesus to come to his house and lay hands on his
daughter, because she was so sick he was afraid she would die.
Mooster: Dat’s right – and
Jesus started going wid him to his house.
Moe: Yep! Jesus was going to
heal the girl. Well in the meantime, there was a woman in the crowd, and she
had been sick for 12 years! The Bible says in Mark chapter 5 that she had been
to all the doctors and tried all the remedies, but she was still sick. In fact, she was worse!
Mooster: Dat’s a long time
to be sick. I hope I get better sooner dan dat! Aah ahhh ahhhhh choooooooooo!
Moe: Yeah, me too, or else
there will be no Kleenex left in Greenville
Mooster: Very fuddy! Ged on
wid da story.
Moe: Right! So this lady says
to herself, “If I can only touch the hem of His garment…I just need to touch
His clothing, and I know I can be healed! Jesus is my only hope…I’ve just
gotten sicker and sicker over the years.”
Mooster: So did she get
close enub to touch His clodn?
Moe: Huh? Oh! Clothing! You
are hard to understand, Mooster! Yes, she sure did touch just the tiniest part of His
clothing! And it was hard for her, too, because there were so many people
crowding around Jesus.
Mooster: So wud happened?
Moe: Well, as soon as she
touched His garment, she felt herself be immediately healed. At the same time,
Jesus knew immediately that she had touched Him.
Mooster: Isn’t that
incredible – so mady peeble and dill He knew who touched Him.
Moe: Yeah, His disciples
thought that was strange, too. He said, “Who touched me?” And His disciples
were like, you gotta be kidding me..all these people bumping against us in the
crowd and You are asking who touched You?”
Mooster: Yed, but hers wad a
touch of fade.
Moe: “Fade?” Oh! You said
“faith” – a touch of faith! Yes, that’s right. So Jesus looked around at all
the people who were near Him and His eyes fell on the woman, who was afraid and
trembling because she knew she’d been healed and now Jesus was looking at her. But she fell down before Jesus and told Him why she had touched
His clothes.
Mooster: Ad wad did Jesus
tell her?
Moe: That’s our memory verse
for today: Luke 8:48, “And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy
faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.”
Mooster: Dat’s a dood verse.
It will help us remember da story. So whad happened next?
Moe: Well, while all this
was going on, some people from Jairus’s house came running up to Jairus and
told him awful news! They said, “Master Jairus – your daughter just died! You
don’t need to have Jesus come to the house now. It’s too late.”
Mooster: What did Jesus say?
Moe: He told Jairus, “Be not
afraid, only believe.”
Mooster: And then …ahh ahh,
ahhh choooooooo! What happened?
Moe: Bless you! Jesus said
for everyone else to go about their business. He continued on to Jairus’s house
with just Jairus, Peter, James, and John.
When they arrived, they heard all the people crying and mourning over
the death of the child.
Mooster: And Jesus said…..
Moe: He told them, “Why are
you making all this ruckus? The damsel is not dead, but sleeps.”
Mooster: Did they believe
Him?
Moe: No, the Bible says the
people laughed Him to scorn. So He sent them all out of the house, and then he
took the child’s mother and Jairus and His disciples, and entered the room
where the girl was lying on the bed.
Mooster: I love this next
part! Ah ahhhh chooooo!
Moe: Bless you! Jesus took the girl by the hand
and told the girl to rise. And immediately she rose up and walked, and everyone
in the room was amazed! Then he told her parents to feed her.
Mooster: You did a dood job,
Moe! You got the whole dory right!
Moe: Thanks, Mooster. That
was kind of fun, too! And, I even have a moral for the story.
Mooster: Oh ya, wad’s dat?
Moe: That even when we are
sick, like YOU, God sees us. He knows if we don’t feel well. We can ask God to heal us,
and we can have other people pray for us. Sometimes God allows us to remain ill
for a while, or even for a long time. But other times, He chooses to heal us
right away. It’s important that we have faith, just like Jesus told Jairus. And in the middle of our faith, we need to remember that God has it all in control.
And we have to accept God’s will in our lives.
Mooster: Very good, Moe! I
know dat for right now, id is God’s plan for me to be sick. I dod know why, but
I know He has a plan.
Moe: That’s right! Thanks
for letting me teach the story today, Mooster! Maybe next time I can tell the
kids about the time Samson marched around the wall 40 times and it fell into a
million pieces!
Mooster: Uh….dat’s otay. I
dink next time I should be all bedder. Besides, you seem to do bedder wid
stories from the New Tedamen.
Moe: Oh. Okay. Well just let
me know! Bye everybody!
Mooster: Okay – bye boys and
girls!
