God’s Creation

After church, Freya and Mom climbed into the car. "I liked my class today," Freya said. "It was lots of fun."

"Good," said Mom. "Tell me about it."

"We learned about a Bible story, and we sang some songs." Freya began to hum one of them.

Mom grinned. "I know that song! I think it's one of the first ones you learned. Let's sing it." So together they sang the words: "Jesus loves me, this I know."

Freya stopped singing and looked at her mom. "Does God really love me?" she asked.

"Of course He does!" Mom said. "God loves you very much."

"Why?" asked Freya. "Why does He love me?"

"Well, think of it this way." Mom pointed to a drawing Freya held in her hand. "I see you have a picture full of flowers and trees and nice green grass. That picture is special to you, isn't it? Why do you like it so much?"

Freya looked at her drawing. "I made it in class today," she said proudly.

Mom smiled and nodded. "It's something like that with God. He made us, and that's one reason why we're very sp