he's got the whole world in his hands

so tonight before bed i was singing "he's got the whole world in his hands" to ella and she broke me off and exclaimed "mommy!  how can he have the whole world in his hands?"

i said "because he's HUGE."

"huge like a horse?" she asked.

"no, huge like the SKY," i said.  "but he's also everywhere, because he takes care of everyone, so he can live in your heart and you can talk to him."

hm.

"but how can Jesus live in my heart, too?"

ah.

"because Jesus is part of God," i tried to explain.

"mommy, what did Jesus do?"

"he died on the cross, ella."

"why did he die on the cross?"

"to show that he was God.  God is huge and is everywhere but he became a human just like us so that he could die and rise again to show that he is God."

how do people explain this stuff???