The other teacher had the lesson. I have to do it next week. We are reconciling the love of God with the wrath of God.
Kids get the wrath thing better than adults.
Hey, that was timely. Here is an excellent (though too short) article on What Does It Mean To Fear God which I think is spot on. If you think that every commandment that God has ever utter has been for our good and benefit, and every willful breaking of these loving commandments heaps more sin and destruction around us, then one can understand why our loving Father would get irritated with us. I personally would use Amos 4:6-11 as my text. God's wrath is only meant to draw us back to Him. This too is the love of God.