A Conversation

Well done, my good and faithful servant…
Matthew 25:21
"Are you a Christian?"
"Yes. Why?"
"You're so... simple. Not like us."
So ended my conversation yesterday morning with a Muslim police officer who had come to me for a coroner's report. Initially when I saw him that morning, I had been tempted to treat him haughtily and with an air of indifference. After all, I'm been paid a paltry sum to do this penance called "national service" and no-one seems to appreciate it. Well, I didn't. I was cordial as I could reasonably be. Thank God good sense won over. I'm not sure if the policeman really meant to call me simple (expression's not the Hausa man's strong suit). But the fact is, I made an impression.

I thought it may be encouraging to the lot of you who from time to time feel unappreciated and perhaps useless. Whether at work or school, just remember, people are always watching. And so is God.
With love, Doosuur.