This file came from Teresa Crawford.


 

EXPLAIN GOD




 Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for
 his third grade homework assignment to "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 here 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 on account of
 this.


 Since He hears everything, not only prayers, 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 parent'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, of course.


 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."