You Just Never Know

     You do know that someone is always watching you, right?  I don't mean in a creepy way. I mean seriously. Someone is always watching and you never know what you  will do to touch someone's life.
     Take today for instance.  For many years I have taken sermon notes in church.  Once my kids were able to write, I even bribed them to sit still by having them take notes.  Of course they were rewarded with a new Hot Wheels car once we got home. But they took really good notes and learned a lot so they deserved a nice price!
     But back to today. Today I was preparing to take notes in church when a junior high student came to sit by me. I thought he was wanting gum because that was what he usually asked for. But this time he said no. He just sat by me and got out his notebook and pen.  Wow!  I had never seen him take notes.
     All this time I had no idea he had been watching me. Boy was he watching me!  He started his notes just like I did.  This child who enjoys pestering other kids and tells me about getting mad and throwing his phone and breaking it. The one who  bums gum off me pretty much every Sunday. Who would have imagined?  He thought ahead to bring  a notebook and pen so he could take notes too.
     Interesting thing though, just a few weeks ago I found it necessary to inform him and the tattling girl he was pestering that they both needed to be quiet because their actions could cause someone to be distracted and not come to know Jesus as Savior. I thought it might have made him mad. But apparently it was just the opposite. You just never know.
      So. Good or bad, people are watching you.  What, or Who are you showing them?  Today encouraged me to be aware that I need to show them Jesus. Because you just never know.