The Lesson of the Egg

One of my favorite kids' lessons is one I heard during the children's sermon at our church one Sunday. It is a great way for the kids to visualize this lesson: Though we may look different on the outside, we're all the same on the inside.

We looked closely at one brown egg and one white egg. We even passed the eggs around and let the children do a one-finger touch. They noted that both eggs had hard shells, and both were smooth, but they were two different colors. 

One of our students is especially fascinated by eggs, so this lesson was right up his alley!

Next came the really exciting part - we cracked each egg into a bowl to see what they looked like inside!

They're the same!!

I wish we had a picture of the children's faces - they were amazed! 

Just like these eggs, we may look different on the outside, but we're the same on the inside -- we love our families and friends, we're kind (or at least we try to be!), we hurt, we feel happy and sad. And most importantly, we're God's children and He loves us all!