The Kids

The Kids

Friday, October 17, 2008

Question of the Day

While in the car the other day, Abby randomly asked me, "Mommy, is God a boy?"

(She had no explanation for where that question came from. Just wanted to ask me "because.")

Without becoming too theologically in depth for my four-year old, I told her God is God. He is not really a man or woman like us, but if we had to pick one, He is a he. We call Him Father so I guess that makes Him a man. I also tried to explain how Jesus is God, but also man and I think I lost her. I was just not prepared to discuss the trinity at that point-thought I had a few more years until these kind of talks.

2 comments:

Tim Parenti said...

Alas, religion, the answer to everything, is often also the question of everything.

A Cincy Mama said...

It's good to know that I am not the only mama who has had the "whoa, wait...I thought I had a bit more time to prepare for that one" moments!