Object: A crayon.

Lesson: For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today is one of these wonderful days when I feel just great. How do you feel? (Let them answer.) That is super! Everyone feels just great. I think that one of the reasons I feel so good is that I have learned a great lesson from my friend "Crazy" Crayon. That is what everyone calls him but I found out that he is not crazy at all. "Crazy" has a wonderful idea that most people think is really crazy. Crazy likes to be used. He wants to give himself up. How many of you have ever looked for your crayons and the one that you really want to use always seems to be hiding? You can never find the right color because it is always hiding in the ci…