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;
the Middle East over there will be a hot spot and the
Antarctica in the south will be very cold. Over there I've placed a
continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people.
God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be
extremely
hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large area and
asked, "What's that one?" "Ah," said God. That's the South,
the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains,
lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline.
The people from there 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. A truly great people.
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 bastards I'm
putting
north of them." |