Keith was the kind of kid you couldn’t really get a “good read” on.

He never seemed to be listening in Sunday school or children’s church. In fact, you usually got the impression that his mind was in another world.

He was never disruptive or naughty. He never offered to participate in reading or answering questions. But when it came time to do anything like a worksheet, his paper always had all the right answers. And if I called on him, he never missed a beat. He always had the answer I was looking for.

Keith may have been writing on the bottom of his shoe, tearing a tissue into a million little pieces, or counting the pages in his Bible — anything but what we were doing, but just because he didn’t appear to be paying attention obviously didn’t mean he wasn’t.

Don’t ever think what you do, what you say, or how you act isn’t leaving an impression on someone. They may not appear to be paying attention, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t.

You may not know what’s going on in their heads and in their heart. But God does.

Be the Jesus people need to see, hear, and experience, knowing Jesus can do the rest.