Object: Rust on any object and some sandpaper (better have a large towel or some newspaper to collect the rust).

I have something with me this morning that all of us have seen before and I want you to take a good look at it. It’s something that happens to your favorite toys, your dad’s automobile, and other things that mean a lot to us. When it happens, we feel bad about it. Have you ever left a toy that you liked very much (like this toy truck) out in the yard and it rained and you forgot all about it and then one day you saw it and it was covered with (let them supply the word "rust") ... Rust, that’s right, rust. It sure is hard to imagine that one day that truck was bright and shiny and just as pretty a toy as you could have had. Now it looks bad,…