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God, According to an 8 Year Old

God, According to an 8 Year Old Written by an 8 year old from Chula Vista, CA, for his third grade homework assignment. The assignment was to explain God. I just wonder if any of us could do as well? ————————————————— 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 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...

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Tell Them of His Love

What can we teach our children? What words of wisdom can we impart? We must teach them about our Father. It is the only place to start. If we can help our children to understand, can plant the knowledge seed, that the Bible is the most important Book that they will ever read. If we can tell them to take every problem, no matter how great or how small, and lift them up in earnest prayers to the loving Lord Who hears them all. We can say, though our love for them is strong, not even a parent s love...

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“Lord, You Can Use My Boat”

“Nice boat.” Simon looked up from mending his nets to see a tall man touching his boat. It was Jesus, whom he�d first met down in Judea where Simon had been listening to John the Baptist�s teaching. Jesus himself was a teacher these days, Simon had heard. Jesus was fingering the joinery of Simon�s boat, admiring the handiwork. “Very smooth,” he said. “Benjamin the boatmaker finished it last fall,” said Simon. “Last boat he made before he died.” Jesus ran his hand over the planks along the side of the craft. “It looks tight,” he said, “Mortise and tenon joinery....

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Life is a Potluck Dinner

When I was a boy our church would sometimes have potluck dinners in the church basement. Tables would run from wall to wall as sixty people would crowd in for the feast. The serving table would always be groaning under the weight of all the different dishes people brought. There would be baked ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls, lasagna, green beans, brown beans, corn bread, pies, and cakes ready to fill every stomach and warm every heart. Children would be running in and out while adults talked and laughed and enjoyed being together. Soon grace would be said and the...

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Jesus Saved Me

Before our beginning a long time ago. There began a story of love and woe. It’s a story of giving and of love, It’s about a man that came from above. This man was made of the finest things. His hair was made of golden strings His feet were made of fine brass. His conscience was as clear as a pane of glass. His heart was as good as the world is round If his love were a liquid we all would drown He has a face so perfect it made the angels cry. To save our souls from damnation...