DEAR PASTOR,

"I know God loves everybody, but He never met my sister.
Sincerely, Arnold" -- Age 8, Nashville

"Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been good all week. I am Peter Peterson.
Sincerely, Pete" -- Age 9, Phoenix

"My father should be a preacher. Everyday he gives us a sermon about something.
Robert Anderson" -- Age 11

"I'm sorry I didn't leave more money in the plate. My father didn't give us a raise in allowance. Could you give a sermon on raises in allowance?
Love, Patty" -- Age 10, New Haven

"My mother is very religious. She goes to play Bingo at the church even when she has a cold.
Yours truly, Annette" -- Age 9, Albany

"I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won't be there.
Stephen" --Age 8, Chicago

"Please say a prayer for our Little League team. We need God's help or a new pitcher.
Thank you, Alexander" --Age 10, Raleigh

An aquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her then 4 year old daughter:

On the way to preschool one day, the doctor left her stethescope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it. "Be still, my heart," my friend thought, "my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!"

Then the child spoke into the instrument, "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order, please?"

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her young son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when her son said in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother gave the child a reassuring hug and said "I can't dear, I have to sleep in Daddy's room." The silence was broken at last with his small shaky voice, "The big sissy."

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly the Sunday School teacher said "Bobby, when I was a child I was told that if I made ugly faces it would freeze and I would stay like that." Bobby looked up and replied, "Well, Ms. Smith, you can't say you weren't warned!"

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