One day six-year-old Matthew asked his mother, “Where did God come from?”
“It is really hard to understand,” she answered, “but maybe this will help.” She took off her wedding ring, handed it to him and asked, “Where does this ring begin and where does it end?”
Matthew turned the ring over and over in his hands and finally answered, “There isn’t any starting place or stopping place.”
Then his mother explained, “It is exactly the same way with God - there was no beginning to God, and there will be no end to God. He always has been, and He always will be.”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:13).
ML-07/06/1997