Our lesson was a little different this week! Have you read about the year of the Jubilee? This was a celebration of wrongs and debts. We can all understand that there are people in our community who are having a hard time getting what they need, including basic needs for living, while there are other people that have more than enough. This Bible story tells us to create equality for all people. This is to be celebrated because God created all of us as equals. At the end of seven years, you were to release every creditor that owed you; you were not to collect this from his family, and you were just to release the debt. This was to be celebrated because God created each of us equal and we deserve to be forgiven and free. Jubilee was an act of justice, where at the end of seven years, your debts would be forgiven! This doesn’t work today, but we can still bless others with our acts of kindness and generosity.
Our kids were thankful for the “back-to-school” gift cards that were given to them for school supplies and for the kindness of the people that made our back-to-school party possible. Thanks for the hot dogs, movie, and popcorn that our kids got to enjoy. Even Mom and Dad appreciate your generosity of the gift cards! Getting the kids ready for school is expensive and these cards were blessings!
See you in church Sunday for a new lesson! Blessings
