Re-incarnation...really?

A boy I had never seen before walked up to the Tree House last Saturday just before we began a community clean-up. He was a 4th grader named Eddie, and he did not live at W.R.T.H.'s. Eddie did like to bike though. In fact, he's the only kid who has come around the Tree House with something other than a Wal-mart bike. Because his Trek is lighter than their bikes, a couple kids tried to learn how to 'bunny-hop' on it. Eddie felt so comfortable that at lunch he volunteered to give thanks for the food.

Today, a week later, Eddie walked up to me as I was reading Isaiah1. He told me that he had read the Bible once, but he believed we were re-incarnated after death. As we talked about his reasons for this, Eddie eventually agreed that this wasn't true just because he thought it was.

I asked him if I could read about why Jesus died for him. He agreed and so I read Is.18-20:    
"Come now, let us reason together,"
       says the LORD.
       "Though your sins are like scarlet,
       they shall be as white as snow;
       though they are red as crimson,
       they shall be like wool.

I explained to Eddie what sin is and after awhile, he admitted to being a sinner. We talked about sin deserving death and Christ dying although he was perfect. My nephew then walked up covered in mud and we talked about how his clothes looked before he got dirty. I talked about Christ covering our sinfulness with his righteousness just like the mud covered Joshua's clothes.
I told him that is real for anybody that trusts these things about Jesus. I don't know how much he understood, but he said that wanted to trust Christ to cover his sin and so we prayed.
I praise God for Eddie and ask you to join me in praying for his growth in Christ.
Thanks!