Zacchaeus meets Jesus

Zacchaeus meets Jesus

Zacchaeus was a small man.  He was small in statue but very wealthy.  He was a publican or tax collector who worked for the Romans.  Many Jews hated the publicans.  But Zacchaeus was a very good man.  He gave half of all he got to the poor.  He believed in Jesus but could not see Him due to the crowds and, as I mentioned, Zacchaeus was very short so he could not get a glimpse of Jesus.  But Jesus, as the Son of God was a god himself.  Jesus knew Zacchaeus and when he saw Zacchaeus in the tree he told him that He, Jesus, would be going to his house that night.  

My daughter and her husband did a special Family Home Evening.  A Family Home Evening for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is a family devotional or teaching time that is done at home.  At their special Family Home Evening they had a small ladder and had their kids pretend to be Zacchaeus with the ladder being the tree.  It was awesome.  The thing that made it really special is that our daughter said to her daughter that Jesus knew who Zacchaeus and Jesus knows each one of us too.  I think that is a great truth.