I love profound questions. And isn't it true that kids seem to be the ones who always ask the most profound questions? I'm convinced too that kids seem to be prompted to ask questions that stretch our own explaining ability.
Yesterday, Andrew (5) asked us straight out of the blue (at least it seemed that way to us, though I'm sure there was much more to it in his little brain), "Does God love the bad guys?"
I looked at Eric with a look as if saying, "which direction do we take this?"
It's been clear to us that Andrew is seeking out more than the flippant answer that is easiest. In fact we try to form our answers to his spiritual questions as if to lead him closer and closer to the most important decision we know he'll ever make. The decision to receive Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. We long for that day on his behalf.
So our answer went something like this, "Absolutely, God loves even the bad guys. In fact God made the them the same as he made you and me, it's just that some people make bad choices and do bad things. But God really hopes that someday they will change their minds about how they are acting and start following Him. That's why the Bible tells us that we should try to help even the bad guys to know Jesus." Here we've addressed both the concept of Free Will and The Great Commission.
Acting like it all made sense, Andrew then said, "but only the Army guys can fight against the bad guys right?" Then of course we had a better idea of exactly where his little brain had been just before his initial question. But never the less we felt blessed to have had the opportunity to share a little deeper with our little budding evangelist! Hey, you never know!!!
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