Moving House | Forgiveness Character Time Activity

Moving House | Forgiveness Activity

Forgiveness is: “giving up feelings of anger and bitterness against those who offend me, and not holding a grudge.” This means letting go of being angry or upset with someone for something they did to you or to someone you love. It doesn’t always mean that your relationship is restored, but you are choosing not to stay upset or let what they did affect you in a bad way.

Go outside with your child and tell them that you have a task for them: You want them to move the house. They can try pulling it, pushing it, or picking it up. Have them try to move it using as many ways as they can think of. Once they have tried, go back inside and ask them if there was any way they could move the house by themselves.

Talk About It: A person trying to move a house is impossible. They could never have enough strength to do it. That’s similar to trying to earn forgiveness. Forgiveness isn’t something we earn or deserve; it’s something that is given to us. When we do something wrong, we need to go to God or the person we’ve hurt, admit that what we did was wrong, and ask for their forgiveness. It’s important to make sure we are truly sorry and we should avoid doing the same thing again, but we shouldn’t try to be better in order to earn forgiveness. Trying to do good so we can earn forgiveness is like trying to move a house by ourselves: None of us are strong enough to move a house, and we can never do enough good things to earn forgiveness either. Next time you ask for forgiveness and are forgiven, thank the person for giving you a gift you could never earn.

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace”
Ephesians 1:7