Who Lives With God?
I remember taking a journalism class in college. They always taught us to begin with the five "W's" to get the information we needed for a story. Well, I think I have a budding journalist on my hands.
I'm convinced that when a child turns 4 a switch in her brain with a big "W" goes on. While I am happy for my daughter's growing curiosity about the world around her, it can be a little insane.
In the five minute drive to preschool this morning:
Why dey have flowers in dare yard? (Because they're pretty.)
Where dat man going? (He's off to work, like Daddy.)
What dat bird saying? (He's saying "good morning!")
When dey finish building dat house? (Soon, it looks like they're working on the inside now.)
and then... the one that really got me:
Who lives with God? (We all do. He's all around us.)
I checked in the rear view mirror to see what kind of reaction my response got and saw her with a furrowed brow looking out the window. I realize that she may just be interested if he lives alone, since she recently asked this question about both her grandmothers who live alone. But I'm just not sure where this is heading.
"Do you mean in heaven sweetie?," I ask, thinking this is a deeper conversation then I was prepared for this early in the morning. (Summer Bible school may not be such a bad idea.)
"No, here," she answers.
"Okay," I begin, "Well, God lives with us here on Earth. He created everything you see and is with us all the time."
"Why?" she asked, "why he want to live with us?"
"Because he loves all people and wants to be with us." I reply. Then, out of curiosity, "Honey, where did this come from?"
"I dunno," she answered lightly. "Can we have popcorn after school?"
And that's the funny thing about a deep discussion with a preschooler. It's usually over before you even know what happened!
I'm convinced that when a child turns 4 a switch in her brain with a big "W" goes on. While I am happy for my daughter's growing curiosity about the world around her, it can be a little insane.
In the five minute drive to preschool this morning:
Why dey have flowers in dare yard? (Because they're pretty.)
Where dat man going? (He's off to work, like Daddy.)
What dat bird saying? (He's saying "good morning!")
When dey finish building dat house? (Soon, it looks like they're working on the inside now.)
and then... the one that really got me:
Who lives with God? (We all do. He's all around us.)
I checked in the rear view mirror to see what kind of reaction my response got and saw her with a furrowed brow looking out the window. I realize that she may just be interested if he lives alone, since she recently asked this question about both her grandmothers who live alone. But I'm just not sure where this is heading.
"Do you mean in heaven sweetie?," I ask, thinking this is a deeper conversation then I was prepared for this early in the morning. (Summer Bible school may not be such a bad idea.)
"No, here," she answers.
"Okay," I begin, "Well, God lives with us here on Earth. He created everything you see and is with us all the time."
"Why?" she asked, "why he want to live with us?"
"Because he loves all people and wants to be with us." I reply. Then, out of curiosity, "Honey, where did this come from?"
"I dunno," she answered lightly. "Can we have popcorn after school?"
And that's the funny thing about a deep discussion with a preschooler. It's usually over before you even know what happened!
