Tough questions from kids: Why did Jesus go to Heaven instead of staying here on earth?

Jesus' home is in heaven, so it is not surprising that He would leave the earth and go back to his Father.  Jesus also went to heaven to prepare a place for us. When He left, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to be with us. The Holy Spirit can be everywhere because He lives inside all people who have trusted in Christ as Savior.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out did the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not by be gay,
In such a jocund company;
I gazed and gazed - but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
~William Wordsworth

A Parable to Immortality~Manzanita Oregon 1953

A Parable of Immortality

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze
and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,
and I stand and watch until at last she hangs
like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says,
" There she goes! "

Gone where?

Gone from my sight . . . that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar
as she was when she left my side
and just as able to bear her load of living freight
to the place of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment
when someone at my side says,
" There she goes! "
there are other eyes watching her coming . . .
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout . . .

" Here she comes! "

~Henry Van Dyke

Tough questions from kids ~ what should I do if other kids laugh at me for going to church?~

Tough questions from kids ~What should I do if other kids laugh at me for going to church?~

Someone who laughs at you for going to church may not know what church is, may have never been to church, and probably doesn't know what it means to love God. You can pray for that person and-if you get the chance-offer an invitation to go to church with you sometime, especially when your church has a fun night or other social activity.

Tough questions from kids ~ Why does my friend always want me to ask people what they think about her? ~

Tough questions from Kids ~ Why does my friend always ask me to ask people what they think of her?~

If your friend thinks that no one likes her, assure her that you think that she is special. Perhaps you can help her get to know more people by inviting her to a group activity at your church. Or invite another friend or two over to your house when you invite her. If your friend wants you to ask boys whether they like her, it is better not to get involved.

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.