On the seventh day of creation the Lord God rested and looked
upon all he had created and it was good. As the Lord rested he became bored
because he was too young to retire and when you retire you die and it was too early
for man to declare God is dead. So the Lord thought of creating a new creature
in his own image, neither man nor beast, a creature to reflect the radiance of
God and to be God’s companion. And God thought about this for a few minutes,
which became hours, then thought on it some more.
Now in those days a minute for the Lord in heaven was a century
on earth and as the Lord pondered this new creation the grapevines enslaved
Adam and Eve and all their descendants and the people groaned under their
bondage and cried out for help and their cries rose up to the Kingdom of Heaven.
And God heard their groaning and took pity and remembered the good times he had
had with the man and the woman before all that monkey business with the apple
and the serpent and the Vine. The Lord pitied the man as he spent all his time
in the vineyard and none with his wife. Man needed companionship, so the Lord
took the bone from the leg of lamb the priests had sacrificed at the alter because
the aroma of grilled lamb was most pleasing to the Lord. So he took the bone of the lamb and molded it
into a new creature and breathed upon it saying “I give you the Holy Spirit.” And
the Lord breathed life into the creature which had four legs, fur and a damp
nose and said, “Since you are made by God and contain the spirit of God, you are
the mirror image of God and I shall call you Dog. Go forth and be a faithful
companion to man.” And God released the dog into the field where shepherds kept
watch over their flocks by night. The dog rounded up the sheep and brought them
to the man and the man was amazed and when the man went to sleep that night the
dog lay next to him and warmed him and guarded both the man and the sheep from
wolves. And the man and the dog formed a
bond that would never be broken and man’s companionship with Dog liberated man
from his enslavement to the Vine. And to
his wife.
1 comment:
Good morning Mr.Craig,
You will never forget Bluey and the good times he gave to you.
I will never forget Nala, my long-haired female cat,
which was poisoned
by a stupid neighbour who does not understand
how much you can be
bonded to a domestic pet.
God bless you!
Alberto Gottardini - Mendoza - Argentina
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