Z brought up G-d again this morning, which meant that as I was driving her to preschool, I was trying to explain that G-d is everywhere, but most importantly in our hearts. If we listen to the little voice inside us, I said, we're listening to G-d and we will know how to make the right choice and do good to others. For example, I said, if you listen to your heart, do you think it's better to push your sister or hug your sister?
"Hug my sister!" Z shouted. Great, I thought. But then she started her own little sermon on G-d, which I'm going to do my best to capture here.
"Everybody has a little G-d in their hearts. But G-d is also in the air. Is G-d a boy or a man?"
"G-d could be a man or a woman. G-d's not a person and since G-d's invisible, we don't know what he looks like."
"Well, his name is G-d and that sounds like a boy's name." What, because it rhymes with Todd?
"Oh, I know something, Mommy! Can I tell you an example? Girls and women have girl gods inside them and boys and men have boy gods inside their tummies. And we have to listen to the G-d inside us and do the right thing. Does that sound like a good idea?"
Sure, honey. It does.
5 comments:
Her last quote is so awesome. I love how she figured it all out very logically. No questions left about it.
It must be the age. Our girls are always talking about g-d.
She is so insightful, I love it! (On a separate note, can I ask why the "o" is replaced with a hyphen? I must be missing something...)
Emily,
For me, it is just tradition, and it a Jewish tradition that has to do with a prohibition against saying the Divine's name aloud. Why it extends to spelling in English... I'm not sure.
You would love to read the wonderfully illustrated book, God's Paintbrush with Z. It will lead to fabulous and memorable conversations with her about God.
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