Tough questions from kids ~Can I do what ever I want when I am older?

Tough questions from kids ~ Can I do whatever I want when I am older?~

All our lives we will have rules and laws to obey. When God gave the Ten Commandments, He gave them to all people, of all ages, for all time.  No one outgrows the need to follow God's ways. That's one of the reasons God tells us to obey our parents. Doing what they say helps us learn to obey those in authority over us later in life.

Tough questions from kids ~ Why do we have to thank God at every meal when he already knows we're thankful?

Tough Questions From Kids ~ Why do we have to thank God at every meal when He already knows we're thankful?

Thanking God for food reminds us to be thankful for all that God gives us. Sometimes we think we are thankful when we really aren't. Pausing to give thanks helps us renew our thankfulness. If we just sit down and eat without thanking God every time, we can easily forget to be thankful. We can forget that out food comes from God.

It is also nice thing to do. We give thanks to God because He is our friend and He has done something kind to us.

Tough questions from Kids~ Why do some peope find a subject hard, and others find it easy?

Tough questions from kids ~ Why do some people find a subject hard, and others find it easy?

Some people do better in math. Others do better in reading and writing. Still others do better because they work harder than most students. They listen in class, ask questions and do their homework. Some people may learn a certain subject right away because God gave them the ability to do so. People are good at different things. Isn't that great?

Tough questions from kids ~ Does God have things to do at nightime?

Touch questions from kids ~ Does God have things to do at nightime?

God does not have a body like ours, so He does not need to sleep. And because God is everywhere and lives in eternity there is no night or day for Him. (And when it is night here, it is day somewhere else.)  So God is always working when we are sleeping. When you go to sleep, you can be sure that God is awake, watching over you.

Love is forgiveness~

Tough questions from kids - How can God hear our prayers from heaven?

Tough questions from kids - How can God hear our prayers from heaven?

God can do everything. He is everywhere all the time. He also knows everything. He knows what we think as well as what we say. So God can hear everyone's prayers from all over the world at the same time. Sometimes people think that God is "out there in heaven," far away. But God is not far away; He is always right here with us.

O Brother, wisdom is pouring into you from the beloved saint of God. You've only borrowed it. Although the house of your heart is lit from the inside. That light is lent by a luminous neighbor. Give thanks; don;'t be arrogant or vain. Pay attention without self importance. It's sad that this borrowed state has put religious communities far from religious communion. ~ Rumi