Here is the most recent activity I did with my kids during quiet time. It was so simple, but my kids wanted to do it again and again. See the previous blog for more.
We read about Jairus’ daughter, who had died by the time Jesus got to her, but Jesus raised her from the dead, from Mark 5. One of my sons went in and laid on the bed and played dead. One of my sons played Jesus and was across the house. I played Jairus, and went to get Jesus. I told him, “My daughter is sick, near death. Will you come heal her.” We went to the bedroom together. I said, “Oh no, while I was gone she has died. My son playing Jesus said, “Get up.” My other son popped up, smiling. We celebrated how amazing it was. Since there were three main characters, we did the activity three times, each time switching roles.
Today we just read the story and did the activity. So tomorrow I'll probably come back to the story and talk more about the implications of it - how Jesus has the power to raise people from the dead, how he will raise us from spiritual death to eternal life (as apposed to back to this life) - and ask them questions.
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