Strength for Today

The following essay, "Why I Believe in God," was written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, Calif., for his 3rd-grade homework assignment to "Explain God." Taken from Westminster Witness Sept. 12, 2010.

One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grown-ups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way, He doesn't have to take up His valuable time teaching them to talk and walk, He can just leave that to mothers and fathers.

God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers, say prayers at times besides bedtime. God doesn't have to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because He hears everything there must be a terrible lot of noise in His ears, unless He has thought of a way to turn it off.

God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere, which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting His time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have. Athiests are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are any in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our church.

[Part II tomorrow]