I LOVE the Dollar Tree! I love everything about it…the fact that everything is only $1, the fact that they pretty much have everything, the fact that your buggy can by full and the cashier says “$30”, and the list goes on! I have such a love that I think I have had at least 1 successful trip to every Dollar Tree in the tri-county!
The other day (I was on a tri-county Dollar Tree mission that particular day) I was just looking around and a boy came up and started talking. He looked about 14 or so, but he had some mental handicaps, so he talked and acted like a little boy. He introduced himself as Travis and asked my name. Then he started chatting, telling me pretty much his life story. He said that he was in the 8th grade, he liked school, he liked to swim, etc. Then he started talking about playing basketball at his church. (He must really love it because he spent a good 10 minutes telling me about it! Lol!) Then he said, “but do you know what I love more than basketball?” I asked what and Travis leaned in real close and whispered, “Jesus! I love Jesus!” Then he started cracking up laughing and so did I. I told him that I love Jesus, too. He couldn’t believe it so he just kept saying over and over, “I love Jesus”…only his whisper grew to a shout!
After Travis left, I went on shopping, but with a smile on my face. What an awesome reminder that we don’t need to have some huge, elaborate testimony, or say all the right words: our testimony can be as simple and innocent as Travis’. I have a feeling that when sweet Travis makes it to Heaven, he will be the first in line to say, “I love Jesus!”
“Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.”
Matthew 18:4 KJV
