One of the benefits of going to my church is getting to hang out with people like Val and Adam, who volunteer a few hours a week to teach scripture in the local primary schools.
This year, Val and Adam taught a sixth-grade class. Val presents the lessons from the front, while Adam shepherds the class along from the back. One of the sixth graders, Jacob, was a real handful, and a large part of Adam’s energy was devoted to checking the Jacob was listening, or at least not disturbing the rest of the class.
One memorable week, Jacob turned up to class with a wristband bearing the initials “WWJD”. WWJD1 stands for “What Would Jesus Do?”, a personal prompt that is popular with younger Christians. For a Christian, a WWJD wristband is a constant reminder to strive to do, not just the right thing, but the best possible thing, as God would judge.
And if Jacob was wearing that wristband, then Adam knew his job was about to get a lot easier.
The next time Jacob started to distract the class, Val continued with the lesson while Adam quietly asked, “Jacob, do you go to church?”
“Yes,” said Jacob.
“So, do you know what WWJD means?” Adam asked, pointing at Jacob’s wrist-band.
Jacob nodded and replied, “World Wide Jacob Domination!”
1Unfortunately, WWJD has been commercialised to an early, tragic death.
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