The faith of a child

This morning at breakfast, Brayden asked me "so how did everything get created if Jesus wasn't alive yet?". I explained to him that Jesus was God before he was born as a baby, so he created everything. Then he asked "but who created Jesus if there was no one there before him?" WOW!! How do I explain eternity and a God who has no beginning and no end to a 5-year-old? I said a quick prayer for wisdom and clarity and then told Brayden that Jesus and God are the same person and that they have been around forever, no one created them, they were just there. Fortunately that seemed to pacify his curiosity for now. I am very glad, however, that Brayden has a desire to learn more about God and asks these tough questions. It is so neat to see him have so much faith in something that he doesn't know that much about, but believes with all his heart.