My daughter is currently obsessed with wolves; she has even said that she would like to train wolves when she is an adult.
When I was trying to discuss behavior with her one day, I decided to use the old Native American parable about the battle between the good wolf and the bad wolf. I told her that there are two wolves living inside of her engaged in an epic battle – one wolf is good and one is bad. So I asked her which wolf she thought would win the battle. She thought about it for a moment and then I told her that it is the one you feed.
If you do good things, you are feeding the good wolf and if you do bad things, you are feeding the bad wolf. She seemed visibly bothered by this statement and was quiet for a bit.
Then, she said “If I feed the good wolf, then it can teach the bad wolf how to be good as well and then I will have two good wolves.”
We can learn such important lessons from children. She’s right – she shouldn’t just feed the good wolf so that it can kill the bad wolf. We need to take care of both of them. Jesus
loves all people (and all creatures), regardless of whether they are good or bad. It is up to us to share that love and the teachings of Jesus with everyone, especially bad wolves.
“God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first,
to bless you by turning everyone of you from your wickedness.”
-Acts 3:26
“And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone,
able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness.
God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses
and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.”
-2 Timothy 24-26
Love,
Cindy Calek Pickren
Children’s Director
