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Dear God ... What Kids Have to Say About God, and Ask For!
compiled by Michael R. Burch



Dear God, please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. -- Amanda

Dear God, Thank you for the baby brother but what I asked for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up. -- Joyce

Dear Mr. God, I wish you would not make it so easy for people to come apart . . . I had to have 3 stitches and a shot. -- Janet

God, I read the bible. What does beget mean? Nobody will tell me. -- Love, Alison

Dear God, How did you know you were God? Who told you? -- Charlene

Dear God, Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his golf words in the house? -- Anita

Dear God, I bet it's very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. -- Nancy

Dear God, I like the story about Noah the best of all of them. You really made up some good ones. I like walking on water, too. -- Glenn

Dear God, My Grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go?  -- Love, Dennis

Dear God, Do you draw the lines around the countries? If you don't, who does? -- Nathan

Dear God, Did you mean for giraffes to look like that or was it an accident? -- Norma

Dear God, In bible times, did they really talk that fancy? -- Jennifer

Dear God, How come you did all those miracles in the old days and don't do any now? -- Billy

Dear God, Please send Dennis Clark to a different summer camp this year. -- Peter

Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they each had their own rooms. It works out OK with me and my brother. -- Larry

Dear God, I keep waiting for spring, but it never did come yet. What's up? Don't forget. -- Mark

Dear God, My brother told me about how we are born but it just doesn't sound right. What do you say? -- Marsha

Dear God, If you watch in Church on Sunday I will show you my new shoes. -- Barbara

Dear God, Is Reverend Coe a friend of yours, or do you just know him through the business? -- Donny

Dear God, I do not think anybody could be a better God than you. Well, I just want you to know that. I am not just saying that because you are already God. -- Charles

Dear God, It is great the way you always get the stars in the right place. Why can't you do that with the moon? -- Jeff

Dear God, I am doing the best I can. Really !!!! -- Frank

Dear God, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday night. That was really cool. -- Thomas

If you're interested in "things mysterious," you may be interested in these other Mysterious Ways pages:

Kids on Love: What the Real Experts Have to Say
Kids Say the Damnedest Things, Usually in Church
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME
Christian Mothers and the Cult of Hell: What Are They Doing to Their Own Children?
A Direct Experience with Universal Love
Two Tales of the Night Sky
Genie-Angels
Darkness
Michael, Wonderful and Glorious
The Poisonous Tomato
Of Mother Teresa, Angels and the Poorest of the Poor
Thy Will Be Done (Iron Lung)
Did Jesus Walk on the Water?
Mysterious Ways Index