kid's questions

Kid's are full of questions.  Here are just a few of the most recent questions our kids have posed to us.

• One evening at supper we were talking with the kids about Jesus living in our hearts when we accept him as Savior.  Josiah was silent for just a moment and then asked, "Daddy, if Jesus is in my heart, does he just reach out and grab some of my food as it goes down to my tummy {so that he has something to eat}?"
• One Saturday we were in the butcher shop to buy meat.  While waiting in line the kids and Robin were observing the various meats in the display cabinets.  Among them was a pig's head and next to it were pig legs.  Karunia asked why the pig's eyes were closed so we had an entire discussion over the fact that the pig was no longer alive.  After a while she then asked, "Mom, if we used some glue and put the pig's legs and body back on it's head and opened it's eyes would it be alive again?"  Interesting question I thought.  Conversation then continued so that we ended up discussing that yes people live again in heaven or hell depending on whether they accepted Jesus during their life, but animals do not live again. 
• Dad, how do we make people accept Jesus?
• Can we take a train from Portugal to Africa?
• Why can't we live in Little House on the Prairie?

There are hundreds more asked by our kids each day.  Many of them make us laugh, many make us think and by the end of the day many make us tired, but I guess it's worth it.  The other day I heard Karunia talking to someone and she was discussing the answer to Josiah's questions of Jesus living in our hearts, but not needing to eat.

 

Hmmmm  do we question enough?  Not accusing questions but simply innocent questions motivated by a simple desire to want to learn more.