I mentioned in a previous post that Arden has lots of questions about God and heaven. She's trying really hard to understand. Here's some of her questions. We had a good thirty minute conversation as I was answering question after question. She was firing them at me one right after another. I love that she has all of these questions!
"Why doesn't everybody go to heaven?"
"Will I be able to see Jesus when I die since he's a spirit and you can't see spirits?
"I know Jesus died on the cross for our sins so we can go to heaven, but what is a sin?"
"How does Jesus take away my sins?"
"Why did the mean soldiers kill Jesus?"
"Does Granny know everything now that she's in heaven? Can she see everything? Does she know everything like God now?"
"How is Jesus also God and God is the father, and then there's a spirit [Holy spirit]?
My personal favorite:
"How can Jesus be God's son? Fathers don't have babies in their bellies."
Then I like how Halle chimes in and explains it in preschool terms. In response to the first question, Halle tells Arden that it's kind of like when Arden only lets her best friends into her room and no one else can come in.
Then, in concordance with a preschool mind, she shifts gears suddenly. "Why are all the others planets, but Pluto is not a planet?" So we're off to the next topic and another slew of questions....... :)
Those are some really good questions! I've actually never thought about if we'll know everything like God knows everything once we're in heaven.
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