Beneath

This post is dedicated to one of my dearest sisters. Hope it means something to you. 


One particular Sunday, Sally walked into her Sunday school class and knew they were in for an eventful day. On the wall was a life-size target, and on a nearby table were many darts.

Mr. Clemmens told his students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or even hated, or someone who had made them angry, and he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture. Sally's girlfriend drew a picture of another girl who had tried to steal her boyfriend. Another classmate drew a picture of his little brother who broke his favorite CD. Sally drew a picture of a former friend, putting a great deal of detail into her drawing, even drawing pimples and deformities on the face. Sally was pleased with the overall "special effects" of her drawing.

The students were instructed to pick out a dart with a labeled expressing their feelings of hate, anger, jealousy and revenge. One by one the students threw their darts, some with such force and fury, that their targets were ripped apart.

Sally looked forward to her turn, but was filled with disappointment when Mr. Clemmens, because of time limit, asked the students to return to their seats.

As Sally sat thinking about how angry she was because she didn't have a chance to throw any darts at her target, Mr. Clemmens began removing the darts from the target and then the target from the wall.

To everyone's surprise, beneath the targets was a picture of Jesus.

A hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus, arms spread apart in a gesture of acceptance; holes and jagged marks covered His face, His eyes were pierced, and His heart was wounded.

Mr. Clemmens said only these words....."In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me." Matthew 25:40.