GERMS
AND JESUS

Topics: Doubt; Faith; Unbelief

References: John 20:24–31; Hebrews 11:1–3; 1 Peter 1:6–9

A missionary family was visiting my aunt and uncle. When the missionary children were called in for dinner, their mother said, “Be sure to wash your hands. Get the germs off.”

The little boy scowled and said, “Germs and Jesus. Germs and Jesus. That’s all I hear, and I’ve never seen either one of them.”

—Vesper Bauer, Audubon, Iowa, Christian Reader (September–October 1998)