Mitmit

Part of my job as a kindergarten teacher is to guide some of my class children when they do their homework. What I do is that I usually sit with them while they do their homework, correcting them when they make mistakes.

Sometimes, I do wonder what is on the children’s minds as I have a dreamer or two in my group. I have to constantly remind them to do their writing and stop thinking about other stuff. Sometimes, I go very close to the fine line that seperates "nagging" and "reminding". I suppose many of those who work with children or have children will understand that.

There my little students were today, quietly doing their writing when all of a sudden; a very adorable girl is my class asked me in her cute English " Wat God doing now, ticher?" I looked at her full of suprise. She didn’t seem to think it odd to ask the question and I was wondering how in the world am I going to answer such a theological question in a way that a six year old child would understand. I thought about it for a while and simply told her God is watching her now. My little student accepted my answer straightaway and confirmed with me, "God see me do homwork, ah?". Of course, being the "all knowing" teacher I told her Yes without blinking my eyes.

Then came the BIG question from a very bright girl in my class. "If God is watching me now, can God also be in my house at the same time?". This kid obviously knows that God is not just a "being" in heaven looking down at everything happening on earth but the God of the bible is a God who is with you and is very real. I was wondering again how am I going to explain the omnipresence of God to her when even some adults seem to have a hard time understanding this concept.

By faith I trusted that God said we should all be little children when we come to Him. So here am I talking to a child and if God said we should have a child’s faith, I think He meant what he said. I then proceeded to explain to the little girl what omnipresence is and she was impressed. The expression on her face was- Wow! God is amazing. It’s as if she had just witnessed a magic show.

Thinking about the incident made me reflect on myself and other Christian friends I have. Sometimes, as adults we tend to ask so many question and search all the details until we forget that with God, there are things that we can’t really grasp with our finite mind.

I guess that’s where faith comes in.

I wonder too what God is doing now?