Little Danny was 8. He listened at church as best he could, and one day had a paper to write for his end of term Sunday School class. He wrote this:
"One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes these to put in place of the ones who die, so there will be enough people to take care of the things here on earth. He doesn’t make grown-ups. . .just babies. I think that’s 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 leave that up to mothers and fathers, and I think that works out pretty good.
God’s second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on as some people, like preachers, pray other times besides bedtime. God doesn’t have time to listen to the radio or TV on account of this. Since He hears everything, not only prayers, there must be a terrible lot of noise going on 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 parents head and asking Him for something they said you couldn’t have. (I think a parent snuck in and wrote that paragraph right there. I think Danny had some help).
Atheists are people who don’t believe in God. I don’t think there are any in Jula Vista, at least there aren’t any that come to my church.
Jesus is God’s Son. He used to do all the hard work like walking on water and doing miracles, and trying to teach people about God who didn’t want to learn. They finally got tired of His preaching to them, and they crucified Him. But he was good and kind, like His father. He told His father that they didn’t know what they were doing and to forgive them, and God said, "OK".
His dad appreciated everything He done and all of His hard work on earth, and so He told Him that He didn’t have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So He did. Now He helps His father out by listening to prayers and seeing which things are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. He’s like a secretary only more important, of course. You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to hear you because they got it all worked out so that One of them is on duty all the time.
You should always go to Sunday School because it makes God happy. And if there is anybody you want to make happy, it’s God. Don’t skip Sunday School to do something that you think will be more fun. That is wrong. . .and besides the sun doesn’t come out on the beach until noon. If you don’t believe in God, beside being an atheist, you will be very lonely. Because your parents can’t go everywhere with you like to camp, but God can. It’s good to know He’s around when your scared, or when you can’t swim very good, and you get thrown in the deep water by the big kids. But you shouldn’t 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".
Theological errors? Yup. But also lots of truth as well.
Oh to be 8 again.
Posted by pencils at July 25, 2004 05:51 PM