By Danny Dutton, Age 8, From Chula Vista,
California
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.
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