Lesson Learned

Teaching students is a blast. Watching them "get it" and understand the complexities or simplicities of life is worth all the hours spent shaping knowledge into bite sized nuggets of value. At least its valuable to someone.


I recently spent some time with one of these student types on a 10 day trip to Honduras. As a result, we have connected and he stops by my office regularly to say hi. Because he doesn't complain or ever seem to busy to help, I think I took advantage of his kindness today.


When I heard him walk in the office I yelled his name knowing he would help me meet a daunting task. My young friend heard me and replied "Yes, Mr. Lamb." His simple "yes"awarded him the task of cleaning out the Salvation Army truck. As we lugged a two day old cooler of coffee to an available drain, it hit me - this kid doesn't need service hours and he isn't getting paid so why would he spend an hour doing grunt work.


So, I asked him: "why are you doing this?" he replied "why not?"


My friend's genuine gesture of goodness reminded me that the simplest yet impacting task of lending a hand just might be what the world needs most from Christians steeped in religious jargon and theory.


Thanks, Jeff, you encouraged me today.