This was written by an 8-year-old,
Danny Dutton of Chula Vista, CA, for his
third-grade homework assignment. The assignment was to explain God.
Wonder
if any of us could do as well?
EXPLAIN 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 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.
Keep these thoughts with you throughout
the coming years:
1. If God had a refrigerator, your
picture would be on it.
2. If He had a wallet, your photo would
be in it.
3. He sends you flowers every spring and
a sunrise every morning.
4. Whenever you want to talk, He'll
listen.
5. He could live anywhere in the
universe, and He chose your heart.
6. What about the Christmas gift He sent
you in Bethlehem; not to mention
that Friday at Calvary.
Face it, He's crazy about you. Send this
to the people you're crazy about. I
thought this was pretty special, just like you.
Pass this on and brighten someone's day,
and remember:
God answers Knee-Mail!
