God cant love you more than I do...

This morning Gabrielle came downstairs to tell me she "loves me" as I got dressed.  

"I love you too honey...."  I replied.

"But dad, you can't love me more than God and I can't love you more than God."


"Bullshit Gabby."  Yes I swear around my children.  If you think it makes me any less of a parent than I already am the go piss up a rope.


I explained to her that it's fine that you love God more than me, I am "okay" with that but I will not have her thinking that God loves her more than I do. 


"Gabby, I will love you forever and always, even when I am not here on this earth you will know that I still love you.  God is not here to kiss your boo boo's.  God won't hold you when you're sad so, therefore: I love you more than God does!"


My love for my children is more than any god could give.  Their concept of a god is in it's infancy.  My love is tangible where god's is not.  God doesn't put food on the table, he doesn't tuck them in at night, he doesn't remind them how much he loves them every chance he gets.


It's hard for them to understand that, in my book, God is a thing of myth or urban legend.  I've lost some very close friends and family members over the past 6 years and if there was a god that was so loving, why didn't he cure their ails?  


It's fine if my kids want to believe in god, that's their prerogative and I'm sure it wont hurt them any, but when my kids think that god loves them more than I do......


I have a problem with that.