Little
Boy's Explanation of God -- Fabulous!!!
-
Out
of the mouths of the
Babes--
I
certainly don't think an adult could explain
this more beautifully!
THIS IS
FABULOUS!!!
It was
written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who
lives in Chula Vista , CA . He wrote it for his
third grade homework assignment, to 'explain
God.' I wonder if any of us could have done as
well?
(and he
had such an assignment, in California , and
someone published it, I guess miracles do
happen!)
EXPLANATION
OF
GOD:
'One of
God's main jobs is making people. He makes them
to replace the ones that die, so there will be
enough people to take care of things on earth.
He doesn't make grownups, just babies. I think
because they are smaller and easier to make That
way he doesn't have to take up his valuable time
teaching them to talk and walk. He can just
leave that to mothers and
fathers.'
'God's second most important
job is listening to prayers An awful lot of this
goes on, since some people, like preachers and
things, pray at times beside bedtime. God
doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV
because of this. Because he hears everything,
there must be a terrible lot of noise in his
ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it
off.'
'God sees everything and hears
everything and is everywhere which keeps Him
pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting
his
time
by going over your mom and dad's
head asking for something they said you couldn't
have.'
'Atheists are people who don't
believe in God. I don't think there are any in
Chula Vista . At least there aren't any who come
to our church.'
'Jesus is God's Son. He
used to do all the hard work, like walking on
water and performing miracles and trying to
teach the people who didn't want to learn about
God. They finally got tired of him preaching to
them and they crucified him. But he was good and
kind, like his father, and he told his father
that they didn't know what they were doing and
to forgive them and God said O.K.'
'His
dad (God) appreciated everything that he had
done and all his hard work on earth so he told
him he didn't have to go out on the road
anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did And
now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers
and seeing things which are important for God to
take care of and which ones he
can
take
care of himself without having to bother
God. Like a secretary, only more
important.'
'You can pray anytime you
want and they are sure to help you because they
got it worked out so one of them is on duty all
the time.'
'You should always go to
church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and
if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's
God!
Don't skip church to do something
you think will be more fun like going to the
beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun
doesn't come out at the beach until noon
anyway.'
'If you don't believe in God,
besides being an atheist, you will be very
lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere
with you, like to camp, but God can. It is good
to know He's around you when you're scared, in
the dark or when you can't swim and you get
thrown into real deep water by big
kids.'
'But...you shouldn't just always
think of what God can do for you. I figure God
put me here and
he can take me
back
anytime he pleases.
And...that's why I
believe in God.'
