From a reading lesson, to eternal life

There's a young boy I'm helping to learn to read Creole.  He has a few challenges, but he's doing great.  Right now he can read almost any word in Creole...given enough time. 

We started to learn the capital letters this month.  One day I wrote the names of several Bible personalities on the little white board I use.  We looked at them one by one.  One of the names was God.  Jandarin read the name after a few tries.  (It's much more complicated than in English.)  After he read the name, he paused and looked at me.  "What does God do for people?" 

Here's a kid who is living with kind folks who have agreed to help raise him.  They don't do a lot more than keep him busy and out of trouble.  He doesn't go to church because he has no good clothing.  He's just drifting and growing up. 

What a beautiful question.  "What does God do for people?"  I took some time and explained the story of salvation for him. 

I love my job.  I was thinking of this the other day.  No one tells me to go to work each day.  No one threatens to fire me.  I could just not work any day that I choose to do so.  But, most days go by with only moments of free time. 

"Thanks, God, for the chance to be here doing what I do."