Sara Dobson
Rachel Henwood - Freelance WriterThe Spiritual Life of Children
June 14th 2007 06:57
Hello Everybody,
Today I would like to write about the spiritual lives of children. I know many of us may not give this much thought, but children in my opinion come with their own spiritual life right from their creator and I don't mean us their parents. They seem to have a knowledge of things that grown-ups strive their entire lives to attain.
Children have this naturally and if we take the time to really listen to what they say we will be amazed. My daughter who is such a blessing in many ways continues to just blow me away. The other day she told my wife and I while we were all eating dinner that, "she chose us as parents because she knew we really wanted a girl and that we would love her so much." My heart just burst and I wanted to ask so many more questions, but I've learned to stay cool and to just wait.
Me: "Oh sweetie you chose us...?"
Daughter: "Yep, I knew you were going to be real nice to me."
Me: "How did you get to choose?"
Daugther: "From the treehouse."
Now the treehouse would take a long time to explain, but basically it's where she grew up before she was with us, and of course she had different parents. Sound a little strange if not like a past life? Now I've worked with many many children and I have pretty good ways of telling when a child is just plain fabricating or creating, but what is interesting when she tells this story is the consistency and maturity with which it's told. So back to the questions.
Me: "Sweetie you could see us before you were born?"
Daughter: "Yeah I knew you would teach me and love me."
Me: "Wow." "I feel so special and glad you chose us!" "We do love you so much." "And I really did want a girl but never told anybody."
Daughter: "I know." "I love you Mom and Dad."
Both: "We love you too."
Now this may sound just plain crazy to some, but my daughter shares insights like this all the time. Now I shake my head and go where did you get that? She just says she was born knowing. On another occasion she told me, "the light in people's eyes is God." I'm like what? Now that's a great way to say it because the eyes have been compared to the windows to the soul. But the light is God! This is so perfect because the word enthusiasm comes from the Greek meaning "God Within" or "Filled with God." I'm blown away. At first I used to interrogate her to see where she gets this stuff, but she would tell me that she just thought of it, or she just knew. The other thing is that she is with me most of the time as I home school her. I mean she's four and has been saying this stuff since she was like three.
There was another time when she asked about the states and how many there were to which I answered "fifty." I asked "Why?" because I'm always thinking it's a trick question with my daughter. To which she replied, "Oh because that's how many gods there are in the world." I reply "there are fifty gods?" My daughter replies, "yep, there is one for every state." I reply, "each state has their own god?" My daughter, "actually God is everywhere all the time." My jaw just drops and I go "O.K." "So there's not fifty?" My daughter just laughs.
In Peace and Love,
George
Today I would like to write about the spiritual lives of children. I know many of us may not give this much thought, but children in my opinion come with their own spiritual life right from their creator and I don't mean us their parents. They seem to have a knowledge of things that grown-ups strive their entire lives to attain.
Children have this naturally and if we take the time to really listen to what they say we will be amazed. My daughter who is such a blessing in many ways continues to just blow me away. The other day she told my wife and I while we were all eating dinner that, "she chose us as parents because she knew we really wanted a girl and that we would love her so much." My heart just burst and I wanted to ask so many more questions, but I've learned to stay cool and to just wait.
Me: "Oh sweetie you chose us...?"
Daughter: "Yep, I knew you were going to be real nice to me."
Me: "How did you get to choose?"
Daugther: "From the treehouse."
Now the treehouse would take a long time to explain, but basically it's where she grew up before she was with us, and of course she had different parents. Sound a little strange if not like a past life? Now I've worked with many many children and I have pretty good ways of telling when a child is just plain fabricating or creating, but what is interesting when she tells this story is the consistency and maturity with which it's told. So back to the questions.
Me: "Sweetie you could see us before you were born?"
Daughter: "Yeah I knew you would teach me and love me."
Me: "Wow." "I feel so special and glad you chose us!" "We do love you so much." "And I really did want a girl but never told anybody."
Daughter: "I know." "I love you Mom and Dad."
Both: "We love you too."
Now this may sound just plain crazy to some, but my daughter shares insights like this all the time. Now I shake my head and go where did you get that? She just says she was born knowing. On another occasion she told me, "the light in people's eyes is God." I'm like what? Now that's a great way to say it because the eyes have been compared to the windows to the soul. But the light is God! This is so perfect because the word enthusiasm comes from the Greek meaning "God Within" or "Filled with God." I'm blown away. At first I used to interrogate her to see where she gets this stuff, but she would tell me that she just thought of it, or she just knew. The other thing is that she is with me most of the time as I home school her. I mean she's four and has been saying this stuff since she was like three.
There was another time when she asked about the states and how many there were to which I answered "fifty." I asked "Why?" because I'm always thinking it's a trick question with my daughter. To which she replied, "Oh because that's how many gods there are in the world." I reply "there are fifty gods?" My daughter replies, "yep, there is one for every state." I reply, "each state has their own god?" My daughter, "actually God is everywhere all the time." My jaw just drops and I go "O.K." "So there's not fifty?" My daughter just laughs.
In Peace and Love,
George
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Comment by Candice
It's amazing how young children are often in touch with past lives, experiences before birth etc. It's as though the memory of before birth hasn't gone yet.
A friend of mine had a young brother and when he was little he used to say to his father, "Dad, remember when I was a man and you were a boy ..." and then he'd go off into a past event from 'another lifetime.'
That's fascinating about your daughter and what lovely things to hear.