Psalm 12:5 English Standard Version (ESV) “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

The only reason to quote this verse of scripture in relationship to Sunday school is to point out that it is to be a safe place. If safety is found they will continue to come back. Attendance will then accomplish the secondary role of Sunday school.

Yesterday the idea of unpacking our baggage first when entering into the Kingdom was presented.

What is in the bag?

Life experience, influences, joys and abuses.

Hopefully the child has no experience with abuses. The younger the child and the more horrific the abuse, the less likely they will be sharing those experiences. Those babes in Christ need special attention to make them feel secure enough to help them overcome what happened to them. I will not offer up advice on things I am not qualified to handle.

Most of my readership fits into the older babes in Christ. That range might be 15 to 50. I don’t know.

I was 15 when I first discovered God loved me. What I discovered over the years is not what I got from Sunday school as much as what I didn’t get.

A Sunday school that focuses only on teaching the Word will not find the time to help these new disciples unpack their baggage. These older babes in Christ need a safe place to speak up and share what they think and why without feeling judged by everyone. The quiet ones need to share more than anyone else.

The quiet ones need someone to come alongside of them and explore why they do not feel safe.

I never got that and it was what I needed most during my early years.

The older babes in Christ have the most baggage to unpack.