“I don’t think God is going to do anything special through me here.” This thought nagged me the whole way to school. Sure enough, at the end of the day I left school disappointed. It had gone well enough, but I didn’t feel that the kids got anything out of what I said.
The next morning I asked God for His will to be done through me, whether by doing something or by talking to someone about Jesus. That day at school I sat and chatted with a Kindergartener in the cafeteria. After a few minutes, he looked at me and said quietly, “I did something bad, so that means I’m going to the bad place when I die.”
That took me by surprise. “What’s the bad place?” I asked him.
He pulled me down so that my ear was level with his mouth, and said just above a whisper, “Hell.”
My heart went out to him. I didn’t quite know what to say, since I’m not allowed to initiate talking about God during school hours. But when he asked me several questions, I was able to tell him that Jesus came so that he didn’t have to go to hell.
When he left for class, I saw several other students waving and motioning for me to sit down with them. They told me their names and we began to talk. After a little while the conversation lagged, and one of the little girls piped up, “Let’s talk about Jesus!” That was the last thing I expected her to say.
“Sure!” I said enthusiastically.
She knew that Jesus died on the cross, but she had a question. “If you sin, and then ask forgiveness, but then you sin again, does that mean you will go to hell when you die?”
I told her that when Jesus died on the cross, He paid the price for every sin she’s ever done or ever
will do, and that if she asks Jesus into her heart, her salvation can never be taken away.
She looked at me and cocked her head. “So Jesus loves you even if you do bad things?”
“Jesus will always love you, no matter what,” I told her.
With that, it was time for her to go to class. Through these conversations I learned never to doubt God’s ability to work through me. There are so many children wondering if anyone loves them. What an honor it was to tell two of them about His unconditional love. Will Carriger, Level 2
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