Bring a basket with a plastic egg. Inside the egg should be a tiny chick. The full-sized soldier with his armor should be in full view of the children.

 One task around the farm was to collect the brown eggs from the hen's nest. This was a particularly fun task until the hen decided she wanted to raise a family. Then she would peck at me and scare me away from her nest. The hen knew that inside the hard egg shell was a baby chick. I don't know how she knew, she couldn't see inside. It must have been something God put inside her heart. Mama, always called it instinct. Sometimes we would leave the hen alone and leave her to brood and sure enough, in about three weeks she'd have the cutest little family of chicks.

 One morning at breakfast, Mama interrupted my endless chatter about the baby chicks to read the Bible to us. She read in Ephesians about the armor of God. I told her I'd never seen a single Christian wearing any armor. I asked her if people stopped wearing it. She said, "Oh, my goodness, No!" She said every Christian needs to wear their armor everyday. 

I scratched my head and asked her, “Where is yours?” She said the funniest thing. She said she was wearing it. Imagine that. I'd never known my mama to tell a tall tale before. I could look at her and see she was wearing her yellow plaid dress that she wore a lot around the house. She didn't have any armor on. 

Then she explained to me that the Christian armor is put on by prayer and faith. She said just cause you can't see it, doesn't mean it ain't there. Like the hen, just cause she can't see her little chick doesn't mean it's not growing inside that shell. Christians need to wear their armor even if they can't see it. I remember just like yesterday, the first day I put mine on. I've been doing it ever since! So should you!

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