(I’ve got two daughters. They’re 5 and 7. My wife and I often talk about different ways to encourage about exploring the Bible. But, I’m not sure my 5 year old is ready for every story the Bible has to offer. Here in a completely random, completely fun guest post, Lindsey Whitney shares one way we could adapt one particular Bible story for kids. Enjoy!)
Kid-ifying wild Bible stories. By Lindsey Whitney
Hey Pastor, Here’s an Ehud poem for your sermon series if you’d like:
There was once a mean king, Eglon was his name
He lived in Moab, and great was his fame
He was quite pudgy, so pudgy in fact
He could eat a whole cow and call it a snack!
The Israelite people said “Let’s get rid of this king
He’s simply too mean, but how to do such a thing?”
They prayed to the Lord, and God sent to the land
A great warrior named Ehud, a sword in his hand
The thing about Ehud, it was a little bit strange
He fought left-handed, it gave him more range
Ehud went to the palace, he and the king had a meeting
Ehud brought a gift, and of course there was eating
A secret message I have, Ehud said at the throne
“Quiet!” said the king, and all left them alone
The king rose from his seat to be able to hear
Ehud reached for his sword as the king drew near
A tricky move, a left-hand stab
The sword sunk so deep it was beyond Ehud’s grab
The fat closed in around the handle
The king was caught off guard by that left-handed angle
The king fell over dead, now what to do?
Ehud thought, “I’ll trick his servants into thinking he’s going poo”
Ehud slipped out the back, with the servants outside waiting
What’s that king doing? The wait was exasperating.
They waited so long they were ashamed for the king
The servants came in — “What a frightful thing!”
The king was found dead, and Ehud was coming back
This time with an army and talking smack
The Lord defeated Moab, Israel won that day
And those bewildered servants didn’t know what to say.
Question:
What’s another Bible story we might have to kid-ify?
For more great stuff from Lindsey Whitney, check out her blog, Growing Kids Ministry.
