Boo-Boo Buster

This quarter the 3 & 4 year old Sunday School class is learning about Boo-Boo Busters. We are following the lives of people in the Bible who trusted God, accepted God’s forgiveness and asked Jesus for help. As I reflect over the adult study of committing to one another, the lesson on Zacchaeus the Jew comes to mind. He caused a boo-boo in other people’s lives by charging an exorbitant amount in taxes. This in turn caused a boo-boo in his life as he likely was very lonely. His own people, the Jews, would have hated him and the Romans would not have fully accepted him either.

The day Jesus came to town Zacchaeus was merely curious as to who He was. This wee little man had no idea his life would be transformed that day. Even though the Bible does not give us the content of their conversation, we can definitely see a change in Zacchaeus immediately. He promised to make restitution over and above what he had taken.

Luke 19: 9-10 says “And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

I believe Jesus sought out Zacchaeus in order to save and restore him. What a precious picture of forgiveness. The boo-boos were made better both in Zacchaeus’ life as well as the people he had hurt.

The 3 & 4 year olds have very tender hearts. They were sad when they realized the heart boo-boos in our story. They became extremely happy to learn that Zacchaeus fixed the boo-boos.

We can do that for one another as well. I pray as we commit to one another in the coming days, weeks, months even years, the boo-boos will heal and the love will be evident to all who see us.


" By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35


Tina Laubscher