Are you sure your kids know who God is?
I mean, really?
I thought Alexa understood the concept that God is Spirit, however, we had the following conversation this evening:
Alexa: "I saw God at camp!"
Me: "Oh really? What did he look like?"
Alexa: "Not a he. A girl. A girl with short hair who teaches Penny's old Bible class. One time Miss Cathy said Penny was going to class to learn about God and then she gave Penny to God and God put her in her little yellow seat."
Me: "You mean Miss Jana?"
Alexa: "Yeah!"
Me: “You think Miss Jana is God who made the whole world? Who made YOU?”
Alexa: “Yeah....isn’t she?”
I see where she got confused, and on one hand, it’s a testament to her innocence. On the other hand, this misconception of God had less to do with being four years old, and more to do with just how easily a person can be influenced by ignorance if their foundation is not firm.
Although I’m sure Alexa wouldn’t have gone her whole life believing her baby sister’s Bible class teacher was the Creator of the universe, I was woken up to just how vigilant I must be to purposefully help my children understand who Jehovah is.
Alexa and I sat down in the papasan together and had a very, very long discussion. She cried a little when she found out Miss Jana hasn’t been making trips back and forth from Heaven to church and the hearts of mankind, but was happy to learn her essential idea of God is still correct: that God lives and works in Miss Jana, and also in everyone who loves Him and is called according to His purpose.
