From: touching&inspiringstory.blogspot.com
How to Explain God was written by Danny Dutton, age8, from Chula Vista,
California, for his third grade homework assignment "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 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.