“Das’ Geee-swis”

Dr. Rikki Permenter

Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 John 2:6

For Christmas, my daughter got a little board book of “Jesus Stories” from one of my aunts. She loves this book. We read it almost every night. The book is probably 10 pages and on each page it has a picture and a different story from the Bible. All of these stories are directly about Jesus, except one. Her favorite game during story time is to point out which character in the picture is Jesus (or “Geee-swis” as she calls him). It was a little hard for her at first because the stories chronicle his life and in some pictures Jesus is the baby, in some the child, and in some he is the adult.

The one page in the book that Jesus isn’t the main character is the one about the Good Samaritan. Without fail, every time we read this page she points to the Good Samaritan and says “Das’ Geee-swis”. Don’t get me wrong, this character looks nothing like adult Jesus on the other pages. This character is acting like adult Jesus. She assumes it must be him because he is doing good.

If there were a page about you in this book what would you be doing? Would you be doing good? Would my toddler just assume “das’ Geee-swis” when it is really you? What are your action saying and who are your actions pointing to? People are watching you - let Jesus be who they see.

This article can be found in print in the monthly Baptist Association of Southeast Louisiana newsletter.