We just want him to help us a little here, and forgive us a little there, and let us handle the rest. We are afraid of losing control of our own lives. We want God to stay in his cage like Fluffs does. Truthfully, though, the biggest reason might be that we don’t want very much of God. Well, God has to be sort of like that with us. You have to hold him gently, talk to him quietly. If you squeezed very hard, Fluffs would be on his way to hamster heaven. It’s like when you hold Fluffs, our hamster. Part of it is that God knows we can’t take very much of him. “Sounds great,” I hear you saying, “but then how come you fell asleep so much? If God is really there, I mean really there, then how come we aren’t bug-eyed and breathless most all the time?” Of course he is with you whether you’re in church or not, but he can be there in a special way when many believers gather to celebrate him together. Well, church is the place where God will be, every time you go. If a friend of yours called and said that a famous athlete or singer was going to be at his house, and asked if you wanted to come over, wouldn’t you go? And wouldn’t you be excited? Of course! And so would I. ![]() At one point his son Matthew asks, “Church is getting boring. ![]() In his book Letters to My Children, Daniel Taylor responds to a series of questions from his young children.
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