Yesterday when we got to the basic school (pre-pre-K, Pre-K and Kindergarten) the kids were on their lunch break. I was walking around the school and found this little guy sitting alone on the steps of the side door while all of the other kids were running around and having fun. He looked so sad when I came up to him so I asked him if he was ok. He shook his head no. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that he missed his mom. I asked him if it would make it better if I stayed with him and he shook his head yes. So that is exactly what I did. I stayed by his side the entire time I was at his school. And soon the shy, sad little boy that I saw sitting alone on the stairs was my new best buddy. He told me that his name is Brandon and that he doesn't see his mom much because he lives with his dad. He told me that is mom and dad fight a lot and that is why they are not living together. He was so quiet and timid at first but the longer I sat with him the more he started talking to me and soon he pulled out his school notebook and flipped through every single page showing me the work he had done in school. Every time I complimented him on his coloring skills he would just light up! When Shawn first tried to take a picture of us together he refused to look at the camera, but after a few minutes Shawn held up the camera and Brandon smiled real big and yelled "Cheeeeese!" By the time lunch was over he was not leaving my side. He grabbed onto my hand and walked me all the way around the building, across his classroom to his seat. He started to pull out book after book and instead of us reading them together he would just point to the pictures and make up his own story. I had a blast with Brandon and I wish I could hang out with him every single day for the rest of my life. It would mean the world to me if you guys would join me in praying for sweet Brandon- for his broken home life, for his parents, for his education, for his health but mostly for his heart, that some day Brandon's heart will be open to accept Jesus and walk with him throughout his life.
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
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