God and Carrots

I am writing this down because I do not want to forget it. It was priceless at the time, but there is no way it can come across in writing as cute as it was when it actually happened.

The kids and I try to say our prayers every night and since Jackson has attended Vacation Bible School this summer, he likes to say the prayers himself and then wants me to repeat what he says. He usually comes up with some pretty good ones. They have a lesson with the preacher every Tuesday at Mother's Day Out, so I think he is picking up a lot from that also. This is how the prayer went last night......

"God.... God is always with us...... He doesn't play with us....... He just watches us from the sky........ And he is always with us....... He is in our hearts...... He watches us from the sky........ He sits in a big chair........ And eats lots of carrots...... And just watches us...... Jesus Christ..... Amen"

There are lots of pauses with the "......." because he thinks very deliberately about what he wants to say. After the prayer, I was laughing to myself because he was so cute and sincere and then asked him why he thinks God eats lots of carrots, did the preacher say something about carrots? Jackson's answer was "You told me that we should eat carrots because they are good for our eyes and help us to see good. God must eat a lot of carrots if he can see us all the way from the sky." I thought it was a very good answer and agreed with him. I love to see the way his little mind works! Too sweet!