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Yesterday I was going about my business and overheard my ten-year-old third son and my one daughter (five) \u2014 who were born on the same date exactly five years apart \u2014 talking about heaven at the kitchen table. I started to listen in a bit and then got the idea of taking down (and sharing with you) what my daughter was saying, in the same way that I once posted thoughts from my oldest son (nine at the time) on God.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat follows is verbatim. I recorded it as it was happening. My \u201cdrawing-out\u201d questions are in<\/span> blue<\/span>. Remember, my daughter has not even yet received first communion, and most people would consider her to be below the \u201cage of reason.\u201d But I think you\u2019d agree that she is very charming, and in excellent spiritual shape, for her place in life at this time (the lion\u2019s share of the [human] credit for that goes to my lovely wife Judy, for her home-schooling efforts).<\/span><\/p>\nBeyond all that, I believe that God puts knowledge of Him (real<\/span> knowledge, not just abstract conceptions) in all human beings, from a very young age, if not from the very beginning. We\u2019re made in His image, after all, and baptism is not without its profound spiritual effects.<\/span><\/p>\nI found her remarks to actually be astonishingly good theology, as to the purpose and nature of heaven (better than many supposedly theologically educated adults), and salvation, as well (though I would fully expect her to not grasp all the subtleties there: most Christian adults do not, either). I could write a long treatise, launching off of her words about heaven in the first section (where she hits upon God being a light, the extraordinary knowledge of the angels, the Beatific Vision, the lack of suffering and sin in heaven, eternal bliss, the resurrection body, God\u2019s never-ending love, etc.):<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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HEAVEN <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nLots of lights.<\/span><\/p>\nLots of food.<\/span><\/p>\nAngels know all about God.<\/span><\/p>\nYou see God every day.<\/span><\/p>\nYou can\u2019t get cut; it\u2019s like a cushion.<\/span><\/p>\nYou can\u2019t be sad; you can\u2019t be mad; you have to be just right.<\/span><\/p>\nYou\u2019re happy all the time.<\/span><\/p>\nYou never get tired.<\/span><\/p>\nGod will always love you.<\/span><\/p>\nHe will always be with you.<\/span><\/p>\nThere\u2019s never any badness.<\/span><\/p>\nThere has to be no sins because God doesn\u2019t allow it.<\/span><\/p>\nWhy?<\/span><\/p>\nI dunno; you know how God threw Satan into hell; that\u2019s why. You don\u2019t have to do anything for anybody except your mom and dad.<\/span><\/p>\nHow come?<\/span><\/p>\nI dunno. Cuz in the world mom and dad say \u201cgo do this or go do that. Go clean your room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nWill you get along with your brothers in heaven?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah, I\u2019ll have to.<\/span><\/p>\nHow come?<\/span><\/p>\nBecause if you don\u2019t do it, you have to go to hell.<\/span><\/p>\nOnce you get to heaven, you can\u2019t go to hell.<\/span><\/p>\nYou never get bad dreams; you\u2019ll always get good dreams forever.<\/span><\/p>\nHow do you get to go to heaven?<\/span><\/p>\nGod chooses, I think.<\/span><\/p>\nHow does God make the choice?<\/span><\/p>\nFor hell, you have to be bad; for heaven you have to be good. That\u2019s about it.<\/span><\/p>\nHow about Jesus dying for us?<\/span><\/p>\nJesus dies for our sins.<\/span><\/p>\nDoesn\u2019t that have something to do with going to heaven, too?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah.<\/span><\/p>\nHow?<\/span><\/p>\nCuz . . . I dunno.<\/span><\/p>\nIf you pray, He\u2019ll help you.<\/span><\/p>\nYou have to pray to make good things happen.<\/span><\/p>\nWe can go to heaven because Jesus died on the cross?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah; uh-huh. I\u2019m very detailed in this stuff.<\/span><\/p>\nHow come?<\/span><\/p>\nBecause I have bad dreams and stuff. Hell is just like a bad dream.<\/span><\/p>\nSo you figure that heaven is like a good dream?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah.<\/span><\/p>\nDo you try to follow God every day?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah.<\/span><\/p>\nHow do you do it?<\/span><\/p>\nControlling myself from the bad things.<\/span><\/p>\nDoes God help you do that?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah, a little bit. God built us to have some friends, too.<\/span><\/p>\nIs it good to go to church?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah.<\/span><\/p>\nHow come?<\/span><\/p>\nBecause you learn all about God.<\/span><\/p>\nIs God up there in front of the church?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah.<\/span><\/p>\nWhere?<\/span><\/p>\nIn this little cage thingey.<\/span><\/p>\nHow could God be in there?<\/span><\/p>\nI dunno.<\/span><\/p>\nDo we receive Him when we go up front?<\/span><\/p>\nYeah.<\/span><\/p>\nHow do you know that God is good?<\/span><\/p>\nCuz I heard a story about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOut of the Mouths of Babes\u201d My daughter at almost-6: about six months after her words below [family photo] *** (5-24-07) *** Yesterday I was going about my business and overheard my ten-year-old third son and my one daughter (five) \u2014 who were born on the same date exactly five years apart \u2014 talking about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":6801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[583,50],"tags":[2596,2594,2595,2598],"class_list":["post-6800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hell-satan-last-things","category-salvation-justification","tag-childs-view-of-god","tag-christian-theology","tag-christian-worldview","tag-out-of-the-mouths-of-babes"],"yoast_head":"\n
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