hapter
of the Book of Genesis was recently discovered in the Deadly Sea
Scrolls ...And Adam said, "Lord,
when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do
not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for
me to remember how much you love me."
And God said, "No problem! I will create
a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will
be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love
you, even when you cannot see me.
Regardless of how selfish and childish
and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as
you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."
And God created a new animal to be a
companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was
pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be
with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I
have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the
good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new
animal."
And God said, "No problem! Because I
have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for
you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will
call him DOG."
And Dog lived with Adam and was a
companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God
was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that
Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has
become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock
and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught
him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility."
And the Lord said, "No problem! I will
create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who
will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his
limitations, so he will know that he is not worthy of
adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to
Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam.
And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he
was reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned
humility.
And God was pleased. And Adam was
greatly improved.
And Cat did not care one way or the
other.
Submitted by Dave, Bolder, CO.