A Church newsletter included this essay by an eight-year-old boy. His third grade Sunday School teacher had asked her students to write about what “God’s jobs” are.
”One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes these to put in the place of the ones that die so there will be enough people to take care of things here on earth. He doesn’t make grownups, 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 up to the mothers and fathers. I think it works out pretty good.
”God’s second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, ‘cause some people, like preachers and things, pray other times besides bedtime, and Grandpa and Grandma pray every time they eat (except for snacks). God doesn’t have time to listen to the radio or TV on…
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