a week or so ago my daughter asked "daddy why did God create accidents?" last night she asked "daddy why did God create punishment? He created everything right?" and right after my son asked "daddy, where did the first germ come from."
His idea was that when Eve bit the 'apple' that the rest of the fruit gathered germs, and that was the very first germ.
He had it all figured out in his head, because germs can cause death and sickness and before the sin, there mustn't have been germs, so after the sin, when the 'apple' was bit, there were germs left on it.
His reasoning was impressive, and I didn't have a quick answer, so we left it there.
But then it dawns on me, that these questions have a bit of a negative tinge to them.
So I say "kids we've been talking a lot about some of the sad things we know about God, let's talk about some of the glad things."
So I read to them in Revelation about the thrones, gold crowns, sea of glass, rainbows, jasper, emeralds... to excite their imagination.
And soon they were expounding on what they think heaven is like... so I say... with all excitement...
"and the great thing about all of that is.. .what? ... who gets to see it?"
expecting them to reply in unison "we do, believers in Christ do!"
but no..
instead they paused... thinking... and then a moment later my son says.
"dead people. dead people get to see it."
I had to laugh.
am I raising pessimists???
