"God is SO big Mommy"

kyle was late getting home tonight and we had to eat dinner without him. that does not happen often around here and to be honest i was a bit crabby. harper and calvary helped set the table and we all gathered around and the three oldest children started taking turns saying the blessing. this little tradition has become quite comical mostly because oliver jack's prayers sound something like this: "dear God, thank you [gibberish blah blah gibberish] and thank you daddy doesn't go to work anymore and thank you [gibberish blah blah gibberish] LET's EAT!" he usually interrupts someone else's prayers and i am usually having to feed finley but in spite of all of this nonsense the children have really started to connect the world around them to the God that has created it.
after the prayer tonight jack mentioned a tower being so tall that it was "high up to God". to which calvary quickly corrected and said that God is so big that no tower could reach Him. i took this moment to teach the kids about the tower of babel, which they thought was insane.
calvary said, "those guys were pretty dumb because God is so big that all He has to do is this (flicks his fingers) and that tower would be gone".
harper added, "really, all He would have to do is this (blows air from her mouth) and it would be down".
not to be outdone, calvary added, "really all He has to do is blink His eyes and the whole world would fall apart".
at this point i am just sitting in amazement at their concept of God that i almost forget to bring this moment back to the grace of God.
i say, "God could make us fall anytime because He is so powerful, but God is much more interested in catching us instead".
i thought this may be a bit too figurative and my hunch was correct when calvary said, "like if i am walking backwards and trip he'll catch me".
and before i could even exhale harper said, "no, not literally (she really used this word and i was blown away). she means that when we mess up He wants to forgive us and not see us go to hell. He wants to catch us".
this made sense to calvary and He said, "i'm glad God has big arms".

me too.