Danny Explaines God

Church News January 2009

This is the way Danny went about it and wrote his story for his teacher in third class. Danny is eight years of age and this was his homework. I wonder would any of us do it as well?

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 beside 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 Mam 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 Ballybaggon. 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 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 that 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 is anybody you want to make happy, it’s God. Don’t skip 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 on 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 camp, but God can. It is good to know that 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 is why I believe in God.

Submitted by Tony King PP