From The Mouth of Babes

This little guy is only 12 years old and he already knows that he wants to be a pastor someday. The most inspiring thing with this young man is that he is already actively preparing. Preparing in such a way that while listening to him I was slapped in the face with the reality that he has something precious that I do not.

He has fully realized just how precious the Bible really is.

I mean he loves, loves, loves the Bible. He has at least 20 different verses memorized. Not because anyone is making him do it, he’s not enrolled in any class, he won’t even get a prize at Sunday School…he is just hungry for the Word and knows it is important to hide God’s words in his heart!

The real humbling moment came when he looked at me and said “Jana, I bet you have thousands of verses memorized!”

WOW! Sadly, I do not have thousands committed to memory and tucked deep within my heart. Shamefully, I HAVE been enrolled in classes at church and college and have won prizes for memorizing verses in Sunday School classes. Most of which are seemingly gone because I did not truly treasure them nor bother to recall them in a time when they would have and should have brought me comfort and guidance.
It took a 12 year old boy hungry for the Word and anxiously longing to spread the Gospel to put me in my place.
I am ashamed and challenged and, oddly, uplifted all at the same time.
Please keep this young man in your prayers. I don’t know his name, though I should, but he lives with Pastor Jonathan in Cantarranas. Jonathan is not his dad, but due to some extenuating circumstances (unknown to me) he is not with his own family. Pray for wisdom for Jonathan and Ana as they raise this young man and pray for protection over their household as the enemy does like to get at the ones who are creating the most waves.

In church today we sang “Thy Word” and never before had those words penetrated my soul like today.
“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path
When I feel afraid,
And think I’ve lost my way
Still you’re there right beside me.
Nothing will I fear
As long as you are near;
Please be near me to the end.
They Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path…”