~CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO GOD~


~Dear GOD, In school they told us what You do.  Who does it when You are on vacation?  -Jane~

~Dear GOD, I read the Bible.  What does 'begat' mean? Nobody will tell me.  Love, Alison~

~Dear GOD, Are you really invisible or is that just a trick? Lucy~

~Dear GOD, Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house?  -Anita~

~Dear GOD, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident? - Norma~

~Dear GOD, Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't You just keep the ones You have now?  -Jane~

~Dear GOD, Who draws the lines around the countries?  -Nan~

~Dear GOD, I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay? -Neil~

~Dear GOD, What does it mean You are a Jealous God?  I thought You had everything.  -Jane~

~Dear GOD, Did you really mean "do unto others as they do unto you"? Because if you did, then I'm going to fix my brother.  -Darla~

~Dear GOD, Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.  -Joyce~

~Dear GOD, It rained for our whole vacation and is my father mad! He said some things about You that people are not supposed to say, but I hope You will not hurt him anyway. Your friend (But I am not going to tell you who I am)~

~Dear GOD, Why is Sunday school on Sunday?  I thought it was supposed to be our day of rest.  -Tom L.~

~Dear GOD, Please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before, You can look it up.  -Bruce~

~Dear GOD, If we come back as something - please don't let me be Jennifer Horton because I hate her.  -Denise~

~Dear GOD, If You give me a genie lamp like Aladin, I will give you anything you want, except my money or my chess set.  -Raphael~

~Dear GOD, My brother is a rat.  You should give him a tail.  Ha ha.  - Danny~

~Dear GOD, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms.  It works with my brother.  -Larry~

~Dear GOD, I want to be just like my Daddy when I get big but not with so much hair all over.  -Sam~

~Dear GOD, You don't have to worry about me.  I always look both ways.  - Dean~

~Dear GOD, I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions.  -Ruth M.~

~Dear GOD, I think about You sometimes even when I'm not praying.  -Elliott~

~Dear GOD, I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world.  There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.  -Nan~

~Dear GOD, Of all the people who work for You I like Noah and David the best.  -Rob~

~Dear GOD, My brother told me about being born but it doesn't sound right. They're just kidding, aren't they?  -Marsha~

~Dear GOD, If You watch me in church Sunday, I'll show You my new shoes. Mickey D.~

~Dear GOD, I would like to live 900 years like the guy in the Bible. Love, Chris~

~Dear GOD, We read Thomas Edison made light.  But in Sunday school they said You did it. So I bet he stoled your idea.  Sincerely, Donna~

~Dear GOD: The bad people laughed at Noah - "You made an ark on dry land you fool." But he was smart, he stuck with You. That's what I would do.  -Eddie~

~Dear GOD, I do not think anybody could be a better GOD. Well, I just want You to know but I am not just saying that because You are GOD already.  -Charles~

~Dear GOD, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday.  That was cool! -DJ~


~EXPLAIN GOD~



~Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for his third grade homework assignment 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 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 OK. 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 hear you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the times. 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 very good 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".~


~FROM THE MOUTHS OF CHILDREN~


~The cute statements below are said to have been written by actual students and are genuine, authentic and not retouched or corrected:

~In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, God got tired of creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.~

~Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.~

~Noah's wife was called Joan of Ark.~

~Noah built an ark, which the animals come on to in pears.~

~Lot's wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by night.~

~The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with the unsympathetic Genitals.~

~Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah.~

~Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the Apostles.~

~Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients.~

~The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten ammendments.~

~The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple. The fifth commandment is to humor thy father and mother. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery.~

~Moses died before he ever reached Canada. Then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol.~

~The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him.~

~David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought with the Finklesteins, a race of people who lived in Biblical times.~

~Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines.~

~When Mary heard that she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta.~

~When the three wise guys from the east side arrived, they found Jesus in the manager.~

~Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption.~

~St. John, the blacksmith, dumped water on his head.~

~Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says to do one to others before they do one to you. He also explained, "a man doth not live by sweat alone."~

~It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.~

~The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 decibels.~

~The epistles were the wives of the apostles.~

~One of the opossums was St. Matthew who was also a taximan.~

~St. Paul cavorted to Christianity.~

~He preached holy acrimony which is another name for marriage.~

~A Christian should have only one spouse. This is called monotony.~


~GOOD FOR THE SOUL~


~Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said,"God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all! Amen!" Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country! Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream! Why, I never!" Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?"~

~As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table. He winked at my son and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer." "Really?" my son asked. "Cross my heart." Then in a theatrical whisper he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), "Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes."~

~Naturally, I bought my kids ice cream at the end of the meal. My son stared at his for a moment and then did something I will remember the rest of my life.   He picked up his sundae and without a word walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, "Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes and my soul is good already."~


~KIDS IN CHURCH~


~An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, Finally asked him, "How do you expect to get into Heaven?" The boy thought it over and said, "Well, I'll just run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's sake, Jimmy, come in or stay out!"~

~A mother took her three-year-old daughter to church for the first time. The church lights were lowered, and then the choir came down the aisle, Carrying lighted candles. All was quiet until the little one startedto sing in a loud voice, "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you."~

~Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school. "Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge, and all the people walked across safely. He used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters and call in an air strike. They sent in bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved." "Now, Joey, is that REALLY what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked. "Well, no, Mom, but if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"~

~It was that time during the Sunday morning service for "the children's sermon," and all the children were invited to come forward. One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down,the pastor leaned over and said to her, "That is a very pretty dress. Is it your Easter dress?" The little girl replied, directly into the pastor's clip-on microphone, "Yes, and my Mom says its hell to iron."~


~FORBIDDEN FRUIT~


~Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was: "Don't."   "Don't what?" Adam asked. "Don't eat the Forbidden Fruit," God replied. "Forbidden fruit? We got Forbidden Fruit? Hey, Eve, we got Forbidden Fruit!"   "No way!" "WAY!" "Don't eat that fruit!" said God. "Why?" "Because I am your Father and I said so!" said God, wondering why He hadn't stopped after making the elephants.~

  ~A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry. "Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the First Parent' asked.   "Uh huh," Adam replied. "Then why did you?" "I dunno," Eve answered. "She started it!" Adam said. "Did not!" "DID so!" "DID NOT!"~

~Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own...thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. But there is reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and   lovingly tried to give them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be too hard on yourself. If God had trouble handling children, what made you think it would be a piece of cake for you?~

~Author Unknown~


~GOD'S GETTING BETTER~


~A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap  as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again.~

~Finally she spoke up, "Grandpa, did God make you?" "Yes, sweetheart," he answered, "God made me a long time ago." "Oh," she paused, "Grandpa, did God make me too?" "Yes,indeed,honey," he said, "God made you just a little while ago." Feeling their respective faces again, she observed, "God's getting better at it, isn't he?~

~Author Unknown~


~WHAT IS A SAINT~



~A little boy one day asked his mother "What is a Saint?" The boy's mother replied "A Saint is someone who is Holy."~

~"Whatdoes it mean to be Holy?" he asked. Try as she might the mother simply couldn't explain in a way that her son would understand.~

~The following Sunday, the Mother and son went to Church. Arriving at the Church the Mother pointed out all of pictures of Saints in the stained glass windows. Looking at them with awe the little boy suddenly said "Mommy I         now know what a Saint is." Intrigued his mother asked him to explain.~

~"Well", he said, "A Saint is someone who lets the light shine through."~

~Author Unknown~


~STUDENT'S PRAYER~



~Now I sit me down in school Where praying is against the rule: Where you would like some things we do, But Bible-reading is "taboo."~

~Oh what a void I now do feel It seems like school just isn't real;         But I will do the best I can, Not led by God but taught by man!~

        ~I know I'll learn a lot today, But am I learning in God's way? Must I believe some things that's taught,         That conscience tells me goes for naught?~

        ~My Bible says we build in vain If not built on a higher plane; So how can those so 'wise' escape         That teach us we've evolved from 'ape?'~

        ~I know my classmates all agree There's nothing wrong with you and me;         But something's wrong when laws declare,         It's wrong to have God's Word and prayer!~
       
~I know I'm weak but God is strong,         So how could praying be so wrong?         They teach so well so many things,         And then deny the King of Kings!~
       
~So please, dear folks, be on our side;         We want the Lord to be our Guide!         We want, in school, to feel God there,         So HELP and hear this student's prayer!~

~Author Unknown~


~ARE YOU THERE?~


~A little boy, who was "very" much afraid of the dark, was told by his mother to go out to the back porch and bring her the broom.~

~The little boy turned to his mother and said, "Mama, I don't want to go out there. It's dark."~

~The mother smiled reassuringly at her son. You don't have to be afraid of the dark," she explained. "Jesus is out there He'll look after you and protect you."~

~The little boy looked at his mother real hard and asked, "Are you sure he's out there?"~

~"Yes, I'm sure . He is everywhere, and he is always ready to help you when you need him." she said.~

~The little boy thought about that for a minute and then went to the back door and cracked it a little. Peering out into the darkness, he called "Jesus? If you're out there, would you please hand me the broom?~

~Author Unknown~


~NO BRAIN~


~One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children. The teacher asked a little boy: Tommy do you see the tree outside? TOMMY:Yes. TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside? TOMMY: Yes. TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky. TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes later) Yes, I saw the sky. TEACHER: Did you see God? TOMMY: No. TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see God because he isn't there. He doesn't exist.~
~A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions. The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the boy: Tommy, do you see the tree outside? TOMMY: Yes. LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass outside? TOMMY: Yessssss (getting tired of the questions by this time). LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky? TOMMY: Yessssss LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?! TOMMY: Yes LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain? TOMMY: No LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we were taught today in school, she must not have one!~
"For we walk by FAITH, not by SIGHT"         II Corinthians 4:7

~Author Unknown~

~MOTHER'S FOOTSTEPS~


~It was a busy day in our Costa Mesa, California, home. But then, with 6 children and one on the way, every day was a bit hectic. On this particular day, however, I was having trouble doing even routine chores--all because of one little boy. Len, who was three at the time, was on my heels no matter where I went. Whenever I stopped to do something and turned back around, I would trip over him.~

~Several times, I patiently suggested fun activities to keep him occupied. "Wouldn't you like to play on the swing set?" I asked again. But he simply smiled an innocent smile and said, "Oh, that's all right Mommy. I'd rather be in here with you." Then he continued to bounce happily along behind me.~

~After stepping on his toes for the fifth time, I began to lose my patience and insisted that he go outside and play with the other children. When I asked him why he was acting this way, he looked up at me with sweet green eyes and said, "Well, Mommy, in Sunday class my teacher told me to walk in Jesus' footsteps. But I can't see him, so I'm walking in yours." I gathered Len in my arms and held him close. Tears of love and humility spilled over from the prayer that grew in my heart-- a prayer of thanks for the simple, yet beautiful perspective of a three-year-old boy.~

~Author Unknown~






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