Who is God?

Grandma was reading some nursery rhymes to Boo

I honestly thought the words were ‘God bless the moon, And God bless me’ but not in this book. These words would have made my life easier over the past couple of days, because Boo’s first question to me was “Did God make me?”

Now for those of you who know Boo, or are familiar with Boo, will know that she’s not just going to let this rest…

I’m a bit of a fence sitting heathen when it comes to religion. I don’t necessarily not believe in God, I am sceptical on many fronts. That being said, I am sending my child off to Catholic school next year, so I feel compelled to foster Christian beliefs in her at this point.

I was on my way out the door at the time, so I reminded her that I grew her in my tummy, and maybe God helped in making her. Phew!!!

Next day driving in the car came the big question “Who is God?”

“Oh great! Couldn’t you just wait until next year to have these questions answered by someone who can answer them with a bit more credibility than me? I’m not really sure. He is a spirit, and lots of people think that he made the world, the sky, the trees, the first people, Adam and Eve…”

Boo went on to ask about all the things she was looking at from the car, as to whether God had made them. We talked about lots of things that people made but God might have helped them.

I think I was going quite well. Don’t you???

“If God’s a spirit, does he live in heaven?” Yes.
“When did he die?” I think he was always a spirit.
“Is he in charge of all the spirits?” Yes.
“Spirits are like angels, aren’t they?” Yes
“God is a big spirit angel man” Yes, I guess!
“Can we go to the indoor playground today?” Not today. Safe for now…

Boo went out with grandma today, to visit my grandma ‘where the old people’ live. She came back knowing all about Michael Jackson, not just that he died, but all about his life history!?! And guess what he is now a ‘big spirit angel man rock star!‘ Leading to more God questions.

At bedtime she wanted to talk about spirit-angels we know, and how you catch cancer… more God questions.

Discussions with 3.5 year olds are never boring but giving age-appropriate information is certainly taxing my brain!