Carley and Religion

Oh man, this girl keeps me on my toes! At 4 1/2 she says some of the funniest things, in my opinion. Lately she has said some funny things about religious things and I want to write them down before I forget:

1. We were drinking grape Gatorade last week and she said, "Mom, this is SO good. It tastes just like Jesus's blood".

2. Last year a man at our church named David passed away. He was someone Cody and I thought a lot of. He is also the first person that Carley was aware of that went to Heaven and she has been processing it in bits and pieces over the past year. We were at Abuelos waiting for a table the other day and she and I started playing 20 questions. My first question was "Is it a boy?" She said it was. I asked if he lived in Lubbock and she said yes. 99% of the time that means it is either my dad or Cody. When those answers were wrong, she whispered. "He lives in Lubbock, and in Keller, and in Texas, and in Heaven". Her sweet person was Mr. David and because he is in Heaven he is always with us.

3. We were in the car and she asked me if I was one of God's children. I told I was and that we all were. Then she started naming people and asking if they were His children too. I told her they were and she was quiet for a minute then said, "Goodness, Mom, God has some OLD children". I laughed and agreed then she said, "I bet we wear God out. You only have two kids and me and brother wear you out all the time. I bet God is tired of all the whining". Pretty profound and true, I am sure.

4. Tonight I was singing her songs before bed when she said, "Who is Bruce?". I asked her which Bruce and she said the boy from the Bible, Bruce. I asked her to tell me a story with Bruce and she couldn't. She said I knew Bruce because he had a book in the bible. She meant Hebrews which sounded to her like He Bruce. :)

5. And my favorite story was after singing the New Testament Books of the Bible in bed she asked me wrote that song. I told her I didn't know. Carley asked if it was someone on my IPOD. I told her no and that the song had been around way before mommy was even born. They she said, "I bet I know who wrote that song". I asked her who and she said, "Babe Ruth. He was on a baseball show me and Daddy were watching and Daddy said he did a lot of great things. That is a pretty great song so I bet Babe Ruth wrote it". I tried so hard not to laugh and came out and told Cody and then called my dad. The baseball men in her life thought it was a great idea.

6. We were headed to lunch the other day and I asked Carley where she wanted to go. She said, "As long as we don't go to jail or hell, I am okay with whatever".

7. In Bible class they were studying Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the firey furnace. Carley was recapping the story for me and she said, "Since they didn't have cell phones to call 911, God sent an angel to protect them".


I love you, Carley girl, and my prayer is that you always question and go deeper in your faith. You are a joy.