ON THE SEVENTH DAY….
July 19th, 2005
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was missing
for six days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him,
resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, “Where have you been?”
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed
downwards through the clouds, “Look Michael, look what I’ve
made.”
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, “What is it?”
“It’s a planet,” replied God, “and I’ve put LIFE on it. I’m
going to call it Earth and it’s going to be a great place
of balance.”
“Balance?” inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, “For
example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity
and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor. Over
here I’ve placed a region of stifling hot temperature, and
up there a region of fierce cold. Over yonder is an area of
arid desert, while over there is a lush and humid rain forest.”
The Archangel, impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a
mountainous region and asked, “What’s that one?”
“That is Colorado, the most glorious place on Earth. There
are beautiful mountains, canyons, passes, lakes, rivers,
streams and an exquisite grassland. The people from Colorado
are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they’re
going to be found traveling the world. They’ll be extremely
sociable, hardworking and high-achieving, and they will be
known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace.
They will be admired by all who come across them.”
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed,
“What about balance, God?…You said there will be BALANCE!”
God replied wisely, “Wait until you see the loudmouth,
whiny-assed, arrogant piss-ants I’m putting in California.”