SCENE: Grandma and Phil on stage.
Phil: Grandma, do you ever get afraid of anything?
Grandma: Yes, Phil, I think everyone has a fears at times.
What is it you fear?
Phil: Oh, lots of things - like darkness or failing a math
test or something being under my bed at night. And I fear death too. Do you fear death,
Grandma?
Grandma: No one wants to die, but if we are a Christian, God
will help us. And He will help you get over all of your fears too, if you'll let Him. The
Bible says "perfect love casts out fear." And we know it also says "God is
love." So God can handle any fear we have.
Phil: Will you tell me a story about how someone in the Bible
handled his fear, Grandma?
Grandma: OK, there once was an old man named Jesse, who had a
very large family. One of his children, the youngest one, was named David. Old Jesse loved
his young son David so much and wanted to teach him how to be brave.
Phil: Why's that?
Grandma: Well, back in those days the people had life a lot
tougher than we do today, and Jesse wanted his young son David to be able to take care of
himself. Jesse told David stories about God and about how He watched over little children.
He told David that if he was afraid, he should remember God loved him and was watching
over him. Jesse sent David out to the hillside to watch over his sheep. For many days at a
time, David would stay out there with the flock of sheep. David was their protector.
Phil: That was a dull job wasn't it?
Grandma: Well, not always. Sometimes David was very lonely
out there, and sometimes he was afraid. At night he would sit around the campfire by
himself and make up little songs and they would help him not to be so lonely or afraid.
Phil: What's to be afraid of? A few sheep?
Grandma: Oh, there were a lot of things to be afraid of. Once
a lion came to eat the sheep, and David had to kill it. And another time a terrible bear
came, and David bravely killed it too. David had a little song he had written that helped
him not to be afraid.
Phil: Yeah! Maybe it'll help me not to be afraid. What is it?
Grandma: It goes like this: "What time I am afraid, I
will put my trust in thee." That means David would put his trust in God, and God
would help him not to be afraid. David never forgot that song or how God helped him kill
the lion and the bear.
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