How Lexi's Mind works

Wanted to post this her for posterity.

Last night's conversation with Lexi:

It started between her and Sarah when Lexi asked her who made food - was it Jesus? Then I joined the conversation. Sarah explained that it's God who made food and the sky and sun and everything on Earth that we need.

"But what about Jesus...?" Hesitation. "What does he do? Does he help God? God has a lot to do." We essentially acknowledged that - that yes, Jesus is there with God and helps him with things.

Then came a question that she had raised the other day: "When you die, how do you get to heaven? How does God get you there? Do we live with God?" At that point, Sarah handed it over to me to come up with the answer. This is when my seven years at the ELCA come into play? This is where I apply my BSF years? I explained again what I had answered when the question arose earlier - that you have your body and your spirit, and when you die, your spirit leaves your body and goes up to heaven to be with God. "But how does it get there?" "Well, we don't know, but God makes it happen. God knows where your spirit needs to go."

It's funny the way she is asking things - she doesn't quite know what to ask. But it's also great that she's able to start grasping on to some of these concepts, although the hard one is about getting to heaven - how we're transported there, and are we physically there like we're physically here (I think that's what she's wondering). How do you explain it to a near 5-year old when adults have a difficult time understanding it themselves?