Jun 23

Helen Tyte

Children

How do we know that God has a sense of humour? Well, I am a teacher and I think I know…

How do I know that Jesus had a sense of humour?

In Luke 18:16 he says “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.”

Any teacher will tell you that inviting kids to chat to you will bring weird and wonderful conversations.

These are genuine quotes from Sunday schools around the world when they allowed their children to ask God one thing. They prove that children and God are a great combination. Children and God seem to be capable of conversations we adults could learn from.

Dear God,
Are you really invisible, or is it just a trick?
Dear God,
Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that, or was it an accident?
Dear God,
I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay?
Dear God,
Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.
Dear God,
Why is Sunday school on Sunday? I thought it was supposed to be our day of rest.
Dear God,
Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother.
Dear God,
I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions.
Dear God,
I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.
Dear God,
If You watch me in church Sunday, I’ll show You my new shoes.
Dear God,
We read Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday school they said You did it. So I bet he stoled your idea.
Dear God,
I didn’t think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was cool!

A little girl once told me the story of a couple on their honeymoon who got eaten by a shark. Her parting shot was that the event ‘really spoiled their holiday’…

I believe Jesus has the greatest sense of humour – and children know it.