Priceless Analogy

Yesterday afternoon Mpho, an 8 year old girl at the orphanage, was sitting in my lap. We were goofing off, being silly and laughing. While she was laughing I noticed this white spot on the tip of her tongue. She has had swollen tonsils for a bit so I wanted to check to see if it look like strep throat.

I asked her to stick out her tongue. She briefly did and then put in back in her mouth. Yep a white spot…so I asked her to do it again so I could get a better look and it was gone. I was like what the heck did you just bite off the white bump. She just started laughing so hard. Then I remember that I had just given the kids some dried fruit cubes that were coasted in graduated sugar.

She had saved the sugar from the fruit cube and was letting it linger in her mouth. I shook my head and said Mpho that is so gross then we both cracked up. Then a few moments later she said do you know how big God is? I said yeah He is pretty huge, thinking that was a random switch in conversation. Then she said that is how good this sweet is. What a priceless analogy!