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Theme of the Week: Raised with Christ
Ida Mae Kemel
Sunday, April 20, 2003
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Key Bible Verse: For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your godly one to rot in the grave (Psalm 16:10). Bonus Reading:Psalm 16:8-11
To second-grade teacher Doris Miller, 12-year-old Jeremy—with his twisted body and slow mind—was a distraction who mostly squirmed, drooled, and grunted, with only flashes of clear speech.
As Easter approached, Doris gave each child a large plastic egg. "Take this home," she instructed. "Bring it back with something inside that shows new life."
Next morning, 19 children placed their eggs on Miss Miller's desk. She found a flower in the first, a plastic butterfly in the second, a mossy rock in the third, and commented approvingly on each contribution. Opening the fourth egg, she gasped. It was empty! Realizing it must be Jeremy's, she set it aside, and reached for another.
"Miss Miller," Jeremy spoke up, "aren't you going to talk about my egg?"
Flustered, she replied, "But your egg's empty!"
"Jesus' tomb was empty too," he said softly.
Three months later Jeremy died. Those paying their respects were puzzled to see 19 eggs on the casket—all empty.
—Ida Mae Kemel in Focus on the Family
Adapted fromFocus on the Family (4/88) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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Lord God, I praise You for Your incredible power that raised Your Son from the dead—and will also raise me.
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