Here
is a wonderful essay written by a young girl after
being asked to explain God as a Sunday School
project. Enjoy!
"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
grown-ups, 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."
~Author Unknown~ |