Best God Conversations Happen in the Car

While driving my daughter to preschool today we had our best ever theological discussion about the nature of our Triune God. Here it is:

"Momma, there is God and Jesus. Now, how many are there?" (which is 5 year speak for what is this doctrine of the Trinity anyway?)

"Sweetie, there is God. There is Jesus and there is the Holy Spirit. Three in One and One in Three. One God in three persons. That is it. They all love you."

"Oh."

"Now, are God and Jesus everywhere?" (which is preschooler talk for how does the omnipresence of God work and impact me?)

"Yes, sweetie they are everywhere."

"In the car with us?"

"Yes, driving in the car with us. At church. At school. At Nana's house."

"Oh, how can they be everywhere?"

"Because our God is big. Bigger than the whole world. Bigger than the universe. Our God can be here and there at the same time .God can be everywhere at once."

Then, she smiled, nodded and agreed that God is indeed big.

All this from the same girl who refused to have ashes put on her forhead during last night's Ash Wednesday service (she doesn't like to get dirty in her church clothes), but wanted to take for show and tell today her mother's Book of Common Prayer.

She cracks me up!