Without help? Don't believe it!

Timon Keller

The other day, as I got up, I would've much rather gotten right back under my covers. My head was hurting and I felt bad in general.

The night before, I had tried to find two school notebooks that I needed in order to do my homework. I'd searched everywhere, but couldn' find them. I even went to a couple of friends' houses to see if they could lend me their notebooks. But nobody was home. Full of self-pity, I crawled into bed. I knew I was going to be in trouble with my teachers.

You already know what my morning was like! I went to my mother and told her that I wanted to stay home from school. She said that rather than worrying about problems, I might want to think about my relationship with God. She said that since God was above everything, His children could never be without help.

Well, that pretty much hit the mark. Unlike the night before, I was now more open to listening to God. I started thinking about how God was there for me right then. Still, as I looked at the clock, I didn't have much hope. The school bus would leave in 30 minutes—and here I was in my paiamas.

YOUR page,

YOUR prayers!

My mother must have guessed what went through my mind, because she said that the right solution was never a question of time, but of eternity. In Sunday School I had learned that eternity doesn't mean something far off. It is now and forever. To me that said that God had the whole solution ready for me and I could demonstrate it NOW.

I understood that God loved me and provided for me all the time. I could never be helpless. And what's more, I could really feel that this was true. Happily I jumped up, ran into my room, and right away I found the missing notebooks. They were in a place I had looked before, but where I hadn't seen them. I think the feeling of being loved and led by God opened my eyes.

By now I felt so much better. The headache was gone. I could tell I had learned something really important.

Then my mother offered to drive me to school so I could still do my homework. I got to school without a rush and almost on time. I was so happy!

Timon Keller, 11
Germany

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