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What Does God Look Like?

In OMG! How Children See God by Monica Parker, hundreds of kids ages 4 to 12 share their ideas of what the Big Man Upstairs looks like. Guideposts blogger Diana Aydin offers an appreciation of this kid’s eye view of God.

What does God look like? Some kids offer their ideas in an illuminating new book.
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I came across an article the other day about a new book, OMG! How Children See God by Monica Parker.

In the book, Monica queried hundreds of kids, ages 4 to 12, about the Big Man Upstairs. Questions on everything from God’s special abilities to his appearance. The responses are funny, of course, but also illuminating. See a sample of the drawings in the slideshow below.

“God is like a Transformer,” says 7-year-old Shane. “He can turn himself into anything he wants.”

“God doesn’t sleep because he watches over us all the time,” says 9-year-old Kelly. 

And, one of my personal favorites, from 9-year-old Gabby: “God has giant ears so he can hear everything we are saying.”

The article got me wondering about my own view of God. As a kid, I probably pictured Him with a long white beard made of fluffy white clouds! Now that I’m older, He’s lost the cloud beard. And when I talk to Him, I imagine His presence, not so much an actual person.

What about you? How has your view of God changed from when you were a kid?

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