Eternally Minded

This summer I learned something precious from my 14 year old son. We were working at a camp and my son, Silas, was one of the maintenance boys. The staff boys seemed to be divided into two distinct groups: the popular guys and Silas and another boy. This boy was a little different, mainly naive and a little uncomfortable in his own skin. Probably what people think of when they they think of typical homeschoolers. I noticed that at meals the two groups didn't sit together. They didn't clean together. I asked Silas is everyone was getting along okay and he said everything was fine. In my heart, wicked and vile thing it is, I was thinking that my son should be hanging with the popular boys and not the odd boy. But Silas seemed oblivious to the emotional distance from the other boys. He seemed content. He was enjoying his friendship with this boy. And here is the lesson I learned...again. God wasn't impressed with the other boys and their popularity. He wasn't impressed...