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Down here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast we have had lots of homeless people come in, the freebie eating places have all gone back home.

When this young Christian boy at the age of 7 kept asking his mother for 'shoe boxes' and she had no idea what he want them for. She gave him one and he then asked her if he could get some canned goods from under the cabinets. 'Yes' she said and went about her house cleaning chores.

That Sunday when they went to church he got a hand full of religious tract and took them home, she then found what the boxes were for, Nathan had put as many canned goods in the shoe boxes as one would hold, put a religious tract in them and tied a little white ribbon around them. He then put them in the car.

As they were going to Lowe's on Sat. Nathan saw a homeless man on the side of the road and asked his mom to stop, she did. Nathan then walked up to the man, gave him the shoe box and said 'God loves you' and got back into the car.

Children can teach us so much about what this world is all about in showing the love they have for Jesus and as small as they are witness in strange but efficient ways, Nathan does this to this day and he is 11 now. Tell you what he has done for us, made us put together some boxes and put them into OUR automobile and have no qualms of stopping with that familiars 'God Loves You' and go about our business.

I am hoping that this little story of a child of God will get around to the Christian children everywhere, put together some 'Nathan Boxes' and witness for God.
Toby Oh, the white ribbon is for purity.

Thank you so much for this lovely story! Oh indeed! may we become more childlike in our love for God and for one another - unhindered by desire of appearances, unrestrained by memory of hurt, unrestricted in generosity of heart and hugs, overflowing with the pure joy only children seem to know.