Awesomely and Wonderfully Made
Week 90
God made boys and girls so that they could become a couple
In Psalms 139:13-14, David writes, “For it was You who created my inward parts; / You wove me together in my mother’s womb. / I will praise You, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made”. Awesomely, when translated from the Hebrew, means “with great reverence, heart-felt interest, and with respect.”
Our humanity is precious to God and to us because He Himself wove us in our mother’s womb and awesomely and wonderfully made us. We should appreciate how God created us, male and female. We must thank and praise Him for our humanity and do our utmost to preserve it.
Since there is such a swift downward current in our society today, we must preserve our children’s humanity by presenting to them the truth in the Bible regarding how God awesomely and wonderfully made them male and female. May the Lord use the topics contained in this block to help instill this truth into our younger ones to preserve them from the chaos in our society.
Point to emphasize
God made boys and girls so that they could become a couple.
Sample content and conversation with children
- [Show collage picture #1 of wedding pictures of brides and grooms. The pictures chosen for this collage, were chosen to show modesty.] Now, let’s play the “Same and different” game with this collage of pictures. What is the same in these pictures? [Both look very happy, have eyes, noses, mouths, are dressed up for a wedding; each couple has a man and a woman, etc.] That is right! Now, what is different? [Different heights, kinds of clothes (dress/suit), hairstyles, and one is a man and the other is a woman.] That is right! There are lots of differences and by these differences you can tell one is a man and the other is a woman! Here is another important question- what are all these couples doing? [Let them answer.] You are right! Each couple is dressed in their wedding garment. These pictures were taken the day of their wedding! Isn’t that WONDERFUL!? Let’s all say, “It is WONDERFUL that couples get married.” Let’s say that again and use our outside voices and twirl our hands on the word WONDERFUL.
- And this is WONDERFUL because God wanted a male and a female to become a couple.
- Let’s go back to that verse in the Bible that we have read before. [Show picture #2 of the Bible and read part of the verse from Genesis 1:27.] The Bible is the Word of God, so it is the most important book to read. And right here it says, “And God created man … male and female He created them.” This means that God created boys and He created girls. That is it – God made only boys and girls. And God made us this way so that there would be couples – men and women who become grooms and brides, who then become dads and moms. This is exactly what God wanted. Marriages like these [Show picture #1 of collage of wedding pictures] make God happy! These couples got married years ago, and now they all are dads and moms and have children. Let’s see pictures of their families! [Show picture #3 of a collage of family pictures.] This is wonderful!
Suggested songs
Our Creator made all of the children
God made me
Suggested activities
- “Same and different” – Make multiple cards of different things (colors, shapes, large/small) Lay them out on a table (or hold up if on Zoom) and ask the children to match the cards that are the same.
- Have children fill an empty water bottle about one-third full with water. Add a few drops of food coloring. Once the food coloring has spread throughout the water, fill the rest of the bottle with baby oil or cooking oil. Secure the lid with super glue (serving ones apply super glue).
Pictures
#1: Wedding pictures of brides and grooms
#2: Bible
#3: Family pictures
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