Our newest story in the Princess Parables series, A Royal Easter Story, weaves together a number of different lessons. Just as God’s word can have many applications in just one verse, A Royal Easter Story does as well. The beauty of using God’s word as the foundation for a story allows for a richness of many applications.
One of the underlying storylines to teach your kids from the new story is found in Luke 11:11,12.
"What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?”
“What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?”
With Easter right around the corner, most of us will be putting together the egg hunts, Easter dinner and the highly-anticipated Easter basket. Would you ever consider putting in rocks instead of colored eggs? Pebbles instead of jelly beans? Or a snake in place of a chocolate bunny?
Never! Right?
I love giving gifts to my kids.
Their faces light up with eyes shining with excitement. Hugs flow freely, even with my teens. Smiles and gratefulness follow a well-chosen gift.
I am just a little giddy inside myself. Nothing is as good as being the giver. I especially love to grant their requests, when I can. I always want to be the “Yes!” mom.
Our God is the “Yes!” God within His will.
The story in Luke teaches us three things, which in turn are great teaching tools in A Royal Easter Story.
Our God gives good gifts
The story is intended to be absurd, even in the 21st century. But the stark reality is, if our fathers here on this earth treat us well, how much more our Father in Heaven does. He longs to give us good gifts. Not a million dollars from the lottery, but the gifts He knows will grow us and mature us into the person He has designed us to be. As we gift Easter baskets this year, let us not forget to remind our children that God gives great gifts. The best gift was His son for our lives.
We can pray with confidence and persistence
If God is so good to us, then we can come to him to ask for what we need. He is our good father and wants to give us what is beneficial for us. Because of who God is and what He promises, we can pray knowing He will answer and do what is best. We can remind our children, just as they may not always get candy for breakfast and cake before bedtime. Neither can we expect to have prayers answered that are not wholesome for us, but we can come confidently knowing God will give us everything we need.
Because of our Heavenly Father’s character, we can treat others right
Jesus is asking us to treat others the way we want to be treated – the Golden Rule. This verse sets up the perfect story to teach kids not to worry if things don’t turn out the way they want. God has everything under control and he has “your back”. We can treat people as ambassadors for Jesus and not worry about what we get in return. God is already ready to give us good gifts. We don’t need to worry; we just need to do the right thing. This is an important truth the princesses learn in A Royal Easter Story. They have to give up winning the race to rescue a lost little girl, but in the end, they are blessed to have done the right thing.
We are so excited for you all to read this book to your kids. Can you tell? Have you ordered it yet?
A Royal Easter Story came out on Tuesday, just in time for your Easter basket!
~Jeanna Young
When Jeanna is not writing, speaking, event planning, or homeschooling, she can be found scrapbooking her life, redecorating her home, loving on her husband, planning fun events for her kids or eating healthy to stay cancer-free!
