As my eldest grows, I find us having more indepth conversations about God.
Five year olds have interesting theology.
Very. Concrete. Theology.
So, it should have come as no surprise when I was asked about baby Jesus God's mummy.
It makes perfect sense...
There's a Father...
There's a baby...
Thus, in the mind of a child, there must be a mummy.
To be honest, the Trinity would be so much easier to explain if this were the case.
Instead, I had to remind Miss 5 that Jesus wasn't always a baby (which she still struggles with) and, being God as a human, He didn't need a mummy as we think of them...
But, here name was Mary.
The lesson? I don't think I'll be writing a kids theology book anytime soon.
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