Have you seen these around?

About a month ago, a friend’s pastor mentioned them from the pulpit and she ordered some. She started to hand them out and put them at different places, and when she took a trip, she made sure she had one in her car. She gave three to me. I kept one, gave one to my husband, and one to my mom.

The idea is, if you give one to someone and they ask why you’re giving it to them, you respond with, “Because everyone needs a little Jesus.” Of course, we believers know everyone needs a lot more Jesus than this little guy, but he is a cute reminder.

On Mother’s Day, we went to a popular small town restaurant in another town. We had lunch, then got ice cream. When I went to pay the woman at the cash register for the ice cream, I saw she had “a little Jesus” on a little shelf next to the register. When I commented on it, she told me that a group of Christian bikers, (motorcyclists), had been in and had given it to her.

A couple weeks ago, they started showing up at different places around the church I attend, and one Wednesday evening, one of the men came in and was showing one to people. Someone had given it to him, saying, “Because everyone needs a little Jesus.” Now he carries his “little Jesus” in his pocket as a reminder.

Believers shouldn’t need a reminder, but we all have bad days and hard times, so sometimes a little reminder like “little Jesus” figures can be just the thing to remind us we are not alone or to bring a smile to our face.

If you want to get some, you can find them on Amazon. Simply search for “little Jesus figures” and Amazon has them in bags of 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, and 300. They even have sets that have 75 figures with a book mark with John 3:16 written on it and they come with little white netted, organza bags to put a figure and book mark in to hand out.