Shake me up!

I consider myself very lucky to be able to work full-time and be able to take & pick up my 4 year old every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from preschool.  It’s the highlight of those days.  He is always so full of comments & he’s incredibly insightful to be 4 years old.  I’ve recently told him that water puddles have cootie bugs ~ so when he sees a water puddle, he automatically wants to know if there are cootie bugs living in there – so I have to get real close to the water puddle & pretend to peer in & every time I say “Yep!  They're in there.”  He’s soon going to catch on to me, but for right now, its keeping shoes & socks dry… (Shake #2:  Fun tales are glorified lies)  Today, after passing a cootie bug home, he gets in the car & decides to ask me who made cootie bugs.  I told him I wasn’t really sure and he asked if God made them.  To avoid further lies, I told him God makes everything.  He proceeds to tell me "That's pretty cool".  Then we drive pass a cemetery in town & he says “Do people drive through there?”  I told him no, that people are buried there & you don’t really want to drive over their graves.  He then asked if their bodies are still there … and I told him that it’s an old cemetery, so their bodies have probably turned to dirt.  Then I told him that their spirits are in Heaven.  He didn’t understand, and I didn’t really go into detail – but he said “Who fixes their bodies when they’re in Heaven?” … I told him “Jesus”. (It's the first answer to come to mind) Then he says “Who made us?” ~ I told him “God made us”.  He then asks one of the questions of all questions … “Does God have hands & feet, arms & legs, a belly & eyes & a mouth?” … …  I pause because I’m not sure how to answer this.  Awkward.  Isn’t God a spirit?  He’s never been seen … he’s our Heavenly Father & our creator … but he doesn’t have a description, does he?  He then says “well, does he?” … so I swallow the wad of saliva that is collecting in my throat, took a deep breath & said “I don’t know, son, I’ve never met him”...  (PHEW! I can't be lying about God, that's an answer that deserves to be discussed truthfully) ... “The only thing I know is that we’re made in his image … so if that’s the case, I assume he probably has the same things we have.” … after consideration, this conversation could have gone in a very different direction – as in Boys vs. Girls … but luckily my answer completely satisfied his curiosity.  

Note:  My 4 year old has the power to shake me up!  A child after my own heart, well, and Jim Morrison’s “I like to shake people up and make them feel uncomfortable”.