Weeks have passed since that conversation and I have seen his excitement and attentiveness during bible study rise. Recently I gave the students a challenge to wake up each day and talk to God. I asked them to say something, even if it was just “Good Morning God, thanks for waking me up.” The following week I asked who had completed the challenge. When Treysean raised his hand I asked if he’d be willing to share about his time with God.
He told us about something very difficult that has happened in his family recently and that he talked to God about it and asked for His help. Then he said, “God told me a secret. He told me that everything is going to be okay.” I immediately felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude and joy that even at such a young age he was hearing from God. He feels hope and trusts that the Lord is going to keep His word, something that we as adults struggle with regularly. What a gift from God and a great reminder to everyone “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Luke 18:17)