A Child's Explanation Of God
 > This essay written by an 8-year old reaffirms what theBible says about
 > having childlike faith.  The part about Jesus not having togo on theroad
 > is priceless.  Enjoy.Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista,
 > California, for histhirdgrade homework assignment titled "Explain God".
 > One of God's main jobs is making people.  He makes them
 > toreplace theones
 > that die so there will be enough people to take care
 > ofthings on earth.
 > He doesn't make grown-ups, just babies, I think becausethey are smaller
 > and easier to make.  That way, He doesn't have to take upHis valuabletime
 > teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that tomothers
 > andfathers.
 > 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
 > theradio or TV
 > because of this.  Because He hears everything, there mustbe
 > a terriblelot
 > of noise in His ears, unless He has thought of a way toturn
 > it off.  God
 > sees everything and hears everything and is everywherewhich
 > keeps Him
 > pretty busy.  So you shouldn't go wasting His time by
 > goingover yourmom's
 > and dad's head asking for something they said you
 > couldn'thave.
 > Atheists are people who don't believe in God.  I don'tthink
 > there areany
 > in Chula Vista.  At least there aren't any who come to
 > ourchurch.  Jesus
 > is God's Son.  He used to do all the hard work like
 > walkingon water and
 > performing miracles and trying to teach the people
 > whodidn't want tolearn
 > about God.  They finally got tired of Him preaching to
 > themand they
 > crucified Him.  But He was good and kind like His Fatherand
 > He told His
 > Father that they didn't know what they were doing and
 > toforgive them and
 > God said OK.  His Dad (God) appreciated everything that
 > Hehad done andall
 > His hard work on earth so He told Him He didn't have to
 > goout on theroad
 > anymore, He could stay in heaven.  So He did.  And now
 > Hehelps His Dadout
 > by listening to prayers and seeing things which
 > areimportant for God to
 > take care of and which ones He can take care of
 > Himselfwithout having to
 > bother God. Like a secretary only more important.
 > You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to hear youbecause 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 skipchurch
 > to do
 > something you think will be more fun like going to
 > thebeach. This is
 > wrong.  And besides, the sun doesn't come out at the
 > beachuntil noon
 > anyway.  If you don't believe in God, besides being
 > anatheist, you will
 > be very lonely, because your parents can't go
 > everywherewith you, like
 > camp, but God can.  It is good to know He's around you whenyou're scared
 > in the dark or when you can't swim very good and you getthrown into real
 > deep water by big kids.  But you shouldn't just alwaysthink of what God
 > can do for you.  I figure God put me here and He can takeme back anytime
 > He pleases.  And that's why I believe in God.
 >