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Lost for Words

One day at school, during a history lesson, the teacher started to talk about religion. She said that people who don’t believe in God are on the right track and people who believe are wasting their time. I felt I had to do something because what she was saying wasn’t true. When she asked whether anyone in the class believed in God, I stood up and said: ‘I do.’

At first I was afraid, but I thought that I shouldn’t be ashamed of my faith and my fear vanished. I felt like I had climbed the highest mountain in the world and I wanted to shout out to everyone so that they could get to know Jesus. As soon as I said I believed in God, the teacher started to ridicule me. ‘Well, what do you expect from God? Is he going to send you a pair of shoes or something?’ she said. I answered that if I needed shoes he would send them to me. And she replied: ‘Ask him then, and let us see this miracle!’ I felt my heart full of love and answered, ‘I believe in God, but I don’t want to challenge him.’ This answer took her so much by surprise that she was lost for words. Ever since then she has been really nice to me.

Sava - Serbia

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