I received this and thought is was worth passing on as an early Ken's
E-pistle. Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend and we'll see you
on Sunday!
Ken
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 besides 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."
