Out of the mouths of babes...

My 9 year old granddaughter was going to work with me. She asked how the Big Flood came to be, and I attempted to explain to her about the 40 days and 40 nights of rain and Noah building the ark, etc. After thinking about it a minute, she looked at me and said, "Were you alive?" -- Linda, Indiana When my oldest son was 5, he was asking me about the sun. I told him it was a giant ball of fire. After a few seconds, he asked me, "Does God light it every morning?" -- Melissa, Alabama My husband and I were having a new furnace and replacement of heating vents. My 5 year old son, Phillip, had been sitting on the basement stairs all day watching the furnace company employees work. I had come downstairs to check on my son and found him looking dejected with his head hanging down with a sad expression on his face. I asked my son "What was wrong?", and he told me "It is a shame that they had to kill ducks to make tape". Evidently, my son had been hearing the furnace workers throughout the day asking for the duct tape for the heating vents. -- Linda, Michigan While driving home from daycare one afternoon, my 4 year old daughter asked me "Mommy, where is God?" I stated that God is all around us. My daughter looked around the car and out of the window and stated "Well Mommy, I don't see him". -- Melody, Texas One Christmas season we were riding around looking at the Christmas decorations. This one house had a big Santa on the roof with the Santa's arm raised. My granddaughter who was 3 at the time said "look Grandma Santa's praising the Lord" -- Margie, North Carolina My son and daughter were only 3 & 4 years old when this happened. We were riding in the car and Matthew, age 4, ask me if Jesus' had a last name. I told him that Jesus didn't really have a last name like we did. Jennifer, age 3, quickly spoke up and said "Yes, he does! It's Jesus Price (Christ)!" -- Lori, Pennsylvania My wife and I spent many days explaining all of the relationships -- his mom, my wife, his dad, her husband, etc, etc. So one night I came home from a church men's meeting and as my habit I called out "I'm home, where is everyone??" And from our bedroom comes the small voice of my son -- "I'm in bed with your wife!" -- Raymond, Minnesota My granddaughter WAS TWO YEARS OLD and I was babysitting with her. She wanted something from the refrigerator and opened the door. After a long while she put her little hands together as if praying. Becoming impatient I said "Will you please shut the door if you have decided?" She turned to me and put her little finger up and said "I'll be with you in a moment! God's helping me to decide!" -- Joan, Ohio We were on our way to church one Sunday morning. My six year old son was sitting unusually quiet in the back seat. When I looked, he appeared to be in deep thought, so I left him alone. After a few minutes he says, "Hey Mom, I know what GMC stands for, God Made Cars!" He was so proud of himself that all I could say was,"yeah, I guess he did." -- Jolie, Florida My four year old daughter June and I were talking about God. She asked about Heaven and what we would have to eat. I told her that Heaven was flowing with milk and honey. She looked at me with great concern and said " I'm going to pack my lunch because I don't like milk or honey." -- Marcia, Tennessee When our daughter Macy turned 3, we had a party for her at Chuckee Cheese's, which she proudly told everyone about. Except she called it Chuckee JESUS! -- Janella, Missouri When my son, Bryan, was 8 years old, my husband and I took him and his 6 year old sister, Stacey, up in our airplane for a ride. We were flying through some clouds when we noticed there was a slight crack in the upper portion of the windshield. I asked my husband "What do you think could have caused that crack?" Bryan quickly responded "I think an angel's foot accidentally kicked it" -- Rene, Virginia. A Catholic Priest was visiting a family for dinner. He asked the children if they knew where God is. The children answered that God was in the flowers, the trees, etc. 5 year old David raised his hand and said, "I know where God is. He's in the bathroom". The Priest asked him how he knew God was in the bathroom. "Because every morning when my brothers and sisters are getting ready for school, they go by the bathroom and say 'God, are you still in there?'" -- Lillian, North Carolina My friend's husband said to his family "Oh I have a headache". His little 4 year old girl said "Daddy can I pray for you?" He griningly said to her that he would love that, and she began to pray with her little hand on her Daddies head. "Jesus, I thank you for my Daddies head and please make it stop hurting". Just in case you think the little ones don't learn anything at church...-- Susan, Texas My little niece was at the beach with my Dad. They were standing on the pier. She looked at the ocean and then at the Holiday Inn and said, "Isn't that nice that they built an ocean for the Holiday Inn?"--Karol, Ohio While keeping my six year old granddaughter, Emily, for an overnight stay we were talking about loving people. She said "I know you are supposed to love everybody, and I do, but I got my favorites."--Deanna, Ohio