Object: Orange and orange peeling: would be good if you had enough oranges for all the children.

Today we are going to learn a great lesson about life that St. Paul learned from God and passed on to us. A lot of people have asked why certain things happened to them. I mean, have you ever badly wanted to go some place with a friend, but you had to stay home with your parents instead? Did you ever ask why you had to do something that you didn’t like to do, like homework, when you could have so much fun if you could just go outside and play? Have you ever wished that you could just eat hamburgers and french fries and never any green beans or red beets? Well, if you’ve ever wondered about those things, I’m going to show you why this morning.

Look what I have with me today…