Luke 12:32-40
Pastor: Good morning boys and girls! Welcome! Let’s say good morning to our friend Sammy. Ready? One, two, three: Good morning, Sammy!
Sammy: Are you ready, Pastor?
Pastor: Ready for what, Sammy?
Sammy: The wedding, of course!
Pastor: Oh, you’re talking about the wedding from our Gospel reading for today.
Sammy: Yes I am. I am so excited. I love weddings.
Pastor: Sammy, how many weddings have you attended? You are just a little lamb after all.
Sammy: I know I am little, but you have to keep up with the trends, Pastor. Didn’t you know that rustic barn weddings are totally in style right now? And moody colors, too.
Pastor: Hang on a second. You’re telling me that at the farm, you’ve been to several weddings?
Sammy: More than several, Pastor. Several dozen. And I have a subscription to “The Knot” Magazine. We have weddings from April to October on the farm. And the farmers have a nice barn where the wedding guests have a banquet and lots of dancing.
Pastor: That sounds like a good time. Boys and girls, have you ever been to a wedding before? What was it like?
[Allow time for responses]
Pastor: One of my favorite wedding memories…
Sammy: That’s a good memory, Pastor. I really enjoy watching the weddings and seeing all of the people dancing and singing. There’s lots of food and wine, too. Sometimes I wish we could have a wedding at the farm every day!
Pastor: You know, Sammy, Jesus is teaching his disciples about how he is going to come back one day. He talks about himself as the master returning from the wedding banquet. Jesus is going to come from the banquet and is going to redeem his people and call us home to Heaven with him. In Heaven, each day is a wedding. Jesus is the groom, and we, the church, are his bride.
Sammy: You know, Pastor, I like that we are the bride as a church. I look good in white.
Pastor: Yes you do, Sammy. But we are Jesus’s bride because he loves us so much, just like a groom loves his bride.
Sammy: That makes sense. I’ll think about Jesus’s love for me each time I see a wedding now.
Pastor: That’s wonderful, Sammy. Boys and girls, will you say a prayer with me? Dear Jesus, thank you for your promise to come back one day. Thank you for helping us to keep our hearts open. Help us to be ready for you. We love you. Amen.
Sammy: Bye, boys and girls!
Pastor: Bye, everyone!
