Through the Eyes of a Child – November 02, 2003
Danny Dutton, an eight-year-old boy, was given an interesting homework assignment. His teacher asked him to explain God. He began by saying, “One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the old 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.”
As we grow older, maybe we sometimes forget why we are here. The answer seems so simple to children like Danny. Imagine if the first thing on our to-do list every day was to teach our children. Imagine if we treated the earth like a gift, every neighbor like a friend, and God like our Father in Heaven.
In a world littered with so many complications, perhaps we could use Sunday to reflect on what our main purpose is. Maybe we could spend just a few minutes in prayer to figure it out, because, as Danny says, “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 because of this.”
As adults, there is a lot that we could give up to unclutter our lives. We have to make room for taking care of the important things—our children, our neighbors, our world. And, at the very least, we must take time to check in with God, our Father, and tell Him how much we appreciate the days we’ve had and the ones we will have.
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