Loving a Sponge

 

While here in Nsoko we have been able to work at the care point where we are staying. The first week while here we met a four year old boy named Sponge. He is so full of energy and life. And for some reason he has attached himself to me, perhaps it’s because like him I am full of energy. That first day we met him was talking non-stop and was super hyper; about a half hour into the day he fell and started crying. I picked him up to comfort him and within minutes he was asleep.  He slept for about an hour and a half on me and from that moment on we have been inseparable. We are two peas in a pod. One morning we had the door of our team house open but the gate on the front wasn’t, I was woken up by a teammate telling me how Sponge was climbing it looking to find a way to get to me. I got him to get off the gate, but then he tried to climb through the window. It was funny and so cute. After opening the gate he ran inside and sat on my lap and colored, and then proceeded to explore our team house. Every morning when I go outside around 8am I am greeted by my sweet little Sponge. He’s a total ham when a camera gets brought out as well. I have taken countless pictures of him and me making funny faces. But he has a serious side to him as well, but it only comes out when he is coloring. He gets real quiet and will focus on what he is drawing until he is done. I have had the joy of getting to play, color, cuddle and love on him for the past month and a half. One of my favorite songs is “like a child” by Jars of Clay, it’s about having faith like a child. Kids have such a real agape love for others and for Christ, they have faith that all will be fair and they believe truth without questioning. Agape is the Greek word for love, the purist form of love. If I were to love Christ with half of the love that Sponge has for me, the real agape love that he has, and have the Faith like he does that God can move mountains, that I can walk on water, love can heal the broken and hope can make you see, then maybe I would have a better grasp on God’s love.