Questions about God

While putting Caden to bed tonight we read in his new God’s Mighty Warrior Devotional Bible. We started at the beginning and read about creation and the devotion was on taking care of God’s creation. We will be making pine cone bird feeders tomorrow!

Then we said prayers which sometimes he doesn’t want to do, so I just said them. I didn’t pray anything extraordinary just thanking God for the day we had and prayed for Caden to feel better and for good rest tonight. Then I asked Caden if he wanted to pray and here is how the rest of the conversation went:

Caden: no Mom, but did you hear God.
Me: What do you mean, just now?
Caden: When you prayed did you hear him?
Me: Well yes, I guess (lame answer I know, but he caught me off guard)
When you pray you are talking to God and He can talk to you too.
Caden: But did you hear him, because I didn’t.
Me: Well you don’t hear him with your ears, you hear him with your heart.

So then Caden pulls the collar of his shirt down and leans over to listen to his heart. He looks up at me and said: I don’t hear him yet mom. So I tell him he has to be still and listen and then he can hear God. I then kissed him goodnight and that was that.

He is only 3 1/2 and already asking these questions. It warms my heart to know he is so curious about our God, but also scares me to know that I need the answers to the questions he asks so that I can help him!

Dear Jesus, please put the right words in my mouth and help me guide this precious boy to you! Allow me to not confuse him by saying too much or too little. Also if I don’t have the answers allow him to feel comfortable asking his Dad, grandparents, or others in his life. Keep me close to you and in your word so that I am prepared for more questions like these! Thank you for his curiosity!