Play! Listen! Talk!

Was today the first day of telling the Christmas story in your Sunday School class? That’s what we did! And I have to admit that as I prepared the fun Christmas tree and music shaker activities and practiced the puppet script, I didn’t really think about the story we would be telling. After all, I’ve told this familiar story before!

But my co-teacher had a different perspective when she arrived. “I just keep thinking what an honor it is to be able to tell this story about the birth of Jesus,” she said. That statement stopped me in my tracks! Yes, I’ve heard this story, I’ve read this story, I've told this story, I’ve even sung this story many times, but I've never stopped to consider what an honor it is to be sharing this story—the greatest story ever told!

As Sunday School teachers, we aren’t making big announcements to the important leaders of the world, or preaching to great crowds of people. But we are walking in the footsteps of prophets and believers! They foretold and then told this good news for hundreds of years—and now it’s our turn. What a privilege we have! As I go through the holiday season and all the things that I do to celebrate Jesus’ birth, I’m going to keep this perspective close to my heart. I’m humbled and honored to be telling about the coming of Jesus.