Explaining God
This was written by an 8-year-old, Danny Dutton, of Chula
Vista, California, for his third-grade homework assignment. The assignment was
to explain God.
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 leaves 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.
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 people 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 "Okay!"
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.
