Friday, April 16, 2010

Conversations with Noah

Noah has been really funny and deeply philisophical lately.


Conversation #1-driving home from school:
Noah: "Whoa, that yard is full of wishes!"
Me: "What are you talking about?"
Noah: "You know, wishes that you blow."

He was speaking of the thousands of puffy white dandelions in the neighbors' yard. Apparently Jacob told him to blow them and make a wish.


Conversation #2-driving to school:
Noah: "Mom, why does God want us to live with him in heaven?"
Me: "God wants us to live with him because he loves us."
Noah: "But what's he gonna' do to us?
Me: "What do you mean?"
Noah: "Mommy, I need to know the truth."
Me: "Well if you are good when you grow up and serve God and do what the Bible says to become a Christian, then you will go to heaven. But if you are bad when you grow up and you don't care about God and don't become a Christian, then you won't go to heaven."
Noah: "I'll just do that then because I don't want to go to heaven. I just want to stay home."
Me: "Well, it doesn't really work that way. You don't get to stay at home. If you're bad when you grow up then you go to a place called hell."
Noah: "What's hell like?"
Me: "It's a really bad place. The devil lives there and you hurt and can't feel better and the Bible says there's fire and it's hot."
Noah: "Well, I know what I would do."
Me: "What?"
Noah: "I would stop, drop, and roll."


Conversation #3 - Upon arriving home from school:
Noah: "Let's go smell the apple trees."
Me: "Okay."

So we walked through the orchard looking at all the trees at which point he grabs me by the hand and says, "Mommy, do you love walking through our beautiful apple forrest?"

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