Trinity

In the Christian faith, God is a Trinity: God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. We have inadvertently been teaching Morgan the Trinity and it's been interesting to see her thought process. You'll recall, gentle reader, that we don't allow her to say the name "God" yet (someone taught her some other creative names of God and we thought better). So for now we let her say "Jesus" which might explain these two stories:

THE BIKERS
On the way to church, Morgan saw some bikers go by. "Look, Mommy! There's some bikers! Is Jesus with them?"

I replied, "Yes, Jesus is with them, Morgan."

She paused. "No, Mom. Jesus is with US. God is with THEM." She used God's name properly, so I didn't chastise her. She's thinking.

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THUNDERSTORM
Last night we were driving to home during a thunderstorm. Lightning filled the sky. "Look, Morgan," I said, "isn't the lightning beautiful? God made it."

Realizing that I said "God", Morgan retorted, "No, Mommy. Jesus made the lightning. Not that 'other fella'."

Other fella?