Three Year Old Theology

While making banana bread with Jonah this afternoon I was singing "This Little Light of Mine." I really didn't know I was singing until Jonah asked, "Who's satan?"

I was a shocked until I realized I was singing another verse to the song, "Don't let satan blow it out, I'm going to let it shine..."

"He's bad, " I said. I know, it was a terrible response. His question surprised me.

Jonah paused. "Where does he live?"

At this point I didn't really know what to say so I just said, "He lives in hell. "

"Help?"

"No hell." I quickly changed the subject. "Let's talk about Jesus."

He paused. "Where does Jesus live?"

"He lives in heaven."

Mike corrected me later, telling me I should have said, "inside your heart." So my theological response wasn't completely appropriate, but c'mon, I was baking bread, trying to keep Jonah from making too much of a mess with the flour, and stepping over Lydia as she was scooting herself backwards across the kitchen floor; I wasn't exactly prepared to give the best answers to my inquisitive three year old.

We immediately started singing again... saving theology for another day.