CLICK HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF FREE BLOGGER TEMPLATES »

Monday, October 13, 2008

Are you there God? It's me Bean.

Well after deciding we no longer wanted to be considered heathens the hubs and I decided to start taking Bean to church.
Part of the reasoning was not only to not be classified as heathens but the reasoning also stemmed from a conversation that Bean and I had a few weeks prior to our first visit to church.

It was a cloudy, rainy day
(Sounds like a bad novel start)

Bean: Momma, I want to go outside and play on my 4-wheeler.
Me: Bean, sweetie, maybe today isn’t a good day for that.
Bean: Why?
Me: Well it is raining outside.
Bean: Oh. Why is it raining outside?
Me: Well honey I guess God decided we need rain today.
Bean: I hate God.
Me: BEAN! Don’t ever say that. That is terrible.
Bean: Well I do.


So this is turn led me to realize that Bean just did not know who God was. We were never die-hard Christians going to church with him so to Bean, God was just some guy that decided to make it rain when he wanted to ride his 4-wheeler.
The nerve.

So before my child started to sound like the Anti-Christ off to church we went.
I had little hope for Bean since he would have to sit still for an hour. Unless Max and Ruby is on T.V. then the child will sit there with his eyeballs firmly fixed to the screen. (This is a WONDERFUL thing when Mommy is getting ready for work)
So we get to church.
Bean is wide-eyed looking around the worship area. We sit in our pew and Bean is still wide-eyed.
I begin to wonder if his eyes will get stuck in that position.
Then the pastor comes to the pulpit (we are Baptist – just so you know!), and begins the welcome and announcements. Then we sing.
Bean looks perplexed and then hears the word “holy” in the song and proceeds to sing that word over and over again.
Hey singing is singing.
Then we have prayer. Bean looks around at everyone’s head bent over and asks “Mommy what are you doing?”
I gently told him “shhhh”. Ever notice that in those quiet moments that your child’s “whisper” seems SO noisy???
Anyways, we then had offering and the money plate was passed. Bean looked impressed at the dollars inside. Thankfully he didn’t try to swipe one.
Then we had the sermon.
Bean shifted around in his seat quite a bit but for the most part he was VERY good throughout the service.
Bud and I were shocked.

Later, on the way home he said, “Mommy, I love God.”
“Well that is great to hear.” I told him.
“Mommy did you know that God is so cute, and he wears pants and shoes like Daddy.”
“Mmmmm.” I replied.
“Mommy did you know that God is right there (he pointed to our back deck) sitting on the table?”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes, he is right there and he loves me.”

Makes you wonder if that study that children can see things adults can't is true or not.

20 comments:

Unknown said...

Yes, yes, yes... children CAN see things we can't. They haven't been programmed that seeing God
(or angels, deceased loved ones) is 'creepy'.

Wynnie spent her first year of preschool at a Lutheran school. We aren't Lutheran, but it was what we could afford. It was great! She learned how to pray, how to sing about Jesus and God. It's great. Now she has a concept of it all without me yammering at her... because we all know that what Mommy says is hogwash, but what the teacher says is absolute truth!

Karen said...

I love that his perspective was changed so quickly. And he's right, you know. God is sitting on the deck, watching over Bean day and night.

Julie said...

So sweet!! I wonder that myself sometimes, when they look extra close at something.

Now that we are all moved, we're considering taking Em to church. She has been a few times with my MIL, so I guess she will do fine.

Bean is just too cute!

Kellan said...

Awwww - I'm glad he decided to love God instead - that's a good boy!!

I DO believe that kids see things we can't see - don't you?

Have a good evening - Kellan

Anonymous said...

Sweet! Glad to see that Bean has decided God isn't such a jerk afterall! ;) It is definitely hard to sit quietly through church though. Does your church have kid services at all? A lot of churches I've been to have some sort of Sunday school or religious activity program for kids at the same time as the adult services. We rarely go anymore, but when we do, Little Bear loves the kids' program!

Cynthia said...

I hate to say, I used to torture my parents in church...Bean sounds like a little angel. Yay for you;)

Anglophile Football Fanatic said...

Mine is not wonderful at mass & we've taken him weekly since birth. He is only just now sorta okay with sitting in the church & not running around the sanctuary

Wineplz said...

that reminds me that we have not been at church much lately.

But I believe that kids do see things we just don't as adults.

btw, I tagged you for a meme. :)

Anonymous said...

dating culture in honduras http://loveepicentre.com black woman on interracial dating

Anonymous said...

locating correcting reading difficulties ebook http://audiobookscollection.co.uk/Managers-not-MBAs-A-Hard-Look-at-the-Soft-Practice-of-Managing-and-Management-Development/p105982/ children ebook repositories [url=http://audiobookscollection.co.uk/it/Riferimento/c1060/?page=3]screenshot ebook pics[/url] rapidsahare halflife ebook

Anonymous said...

windows xp backup software for applications http://buyoem.co.uk/fr/product-36884/PremiumSoft-Navicat-for-PostgreSQL-Enterprise-Edition-10-0 organize calendar software rogram [url=http://buyoem.co.uk/product-33112/MechCad-Software-AceMoney-4-0-Multilingual]accounts software flat rate vat[/url] small business software web-based entrepenuer
[url=http://buyoem.co.uk/product-35296/4Media-DVD-Copy-1-5-MacOSX]4Media DVD Copy 1.5 MacOSX - Download OEM, Software Sale, OEM Software[/url] wii software and mods
[url=http://buyoem.co.uk/product-33149/REVISIONFX-REESMART-MOTION-BLUR-4-0-for-AE-CS5-x64][img]http://buyoem.co.uk/image/1.gif[/img][/url]

Anonymous said...

geek software site http://buyoemsoftware.co.uk/category-100-110/Internet?page=48 maxview software [url=http://buyoemsoftware.co.uk/de/product-19022/Flux-Mac]computer software tutorial[/url] best dvd production software
[url=http://buyoemsoftware.co.uk/product-37346/Ultra-Video-Joiner-4-0]Ultra Video Joiner 4.0 - Software Store[/url] yokogawa software key
[url=http://buyoemsoftware.co.uk/fr/product-37208/Meta-Product-Download-Express-1-9][img]http://buyoem.co.uk/image/4.gif[/img][/url]

Anonymous said...

carbon 14 disequilibrium dating method http://loveepicentre.com/ who is brian white dating
tips for dating capricorns [url=http://loveepicentre.com/]thailand girls dating texas[/url] male dating rules
free dating barrie [url=http://loveepicentre.com/advice/]online dating for young professionals[/url] dating angry child [url=http://loveepicentre.com/user/linda44_2008/]linda44_2008[/url] local free dating site

Anonymous said...

My coder is trying to persuade me to move to .net from PHP.
I have always disliked the idea because of the
costs. But he's tryiong none the less. I've been using WordPress on numerous websites for about a year and am anxious
about switching to another platform. I have heard excellent things about blogengine.
net. Is there a way I can import all my wordpress content into
it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My web blog: screwing in the stables - Pornharvest.com

Anonymous said...

We are a bunch of volunteers and starting a brand new scheme in our community.
Your website provided us with valuable information to work on.
You have done an impressive task and our whole neighborhood shall be grateful to you.


My blog ... a porn photo

Anonymous said...

An outstanding share! I've just forwarded this onto a co-worker who had been conducting a little homework on this. And he actually ordered me breakfast because I found it for him... lol. So let me reword this.... Thanks for the meal!! But yeah, thanks for spending time to discuss this issue here on your website.

Feel free to surf to my blog post; Http://pornharvest.com/index.php?m=2339501

Anonymous said...

I could not refrain from commenting. Well written!


my blog; see - pornharvest.com

Anonymous said...

Awesome! Its actually amazing article, I have got
much clear idea regarding from this piece
of writing.

My webpage: http://pornharvest.com/index.Php?q=Pussy+Squirt+Movies&f=a&p=a

Anonymous said...

Excellent site you've got here.. It's hard to find quality writing like yours nowadays.
I truly appreciate people like you! Take care!
!

Here is my homepage - http://pornharvest.com/index.php?m=2107175

Anonymous said...

Everything is very open with a clear description
of the challenges. It was really informative.

Your site is very useful. Many thanks for
sharing!

Visit my blog post simply click the up coming internet page ()