We All Have Problems
What if I did it wrong?
Maybe I should have spent more time creating the world. I rushed it. Seven days was too quick. I could have made it bigger. Safer. If I have just paid attention to detail and filled in all the cracks and crevasses there wouldn’t be so many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The people of Pompeii should have never died. The Chinese schools should have never collapsed. It was all my fault.
And what was I thinking when I released all 10 commandments at once? I should have spread them out over centuries.
I underestimated temptation. Adultery and stealing should have been saved for last.
I wish I could have had a daughter and not just a son. I’m not a sexist. Adam and Eve were supposed to be equal. I just ran out of ribs. Men are no better than women.
If I could do it over, I would create one race of people. So there wouldn’t be so much confusion over race and religion. Nobody was meant to be superior over another. Everyone was supposed to be the same.
I don’t know why I was so impatient. Why I had to do everything right away. I was young and brash. I thought I knew what I was doing. I didn’t. If I could just do it over again, I know I wouldn’t make the same mistakes.
If I just had one more chance, I know I could do it right.
I know I could make the world a better place.
Dear Dylan,
Hi, it’s God. I caught your observation today and I’m flattered to have made center stage! I have to admit, I’m not crazy about the picture of me (I prefer to be represented by a burning bush) and for accuracy’s sake, I created the world in six days not seven - I rested on the seventh day (I like to call it the Sabbath) But all that is neither here nor there. What I really wanted to say is that your’re right. Not about me taking prozac… but about the world needing a second chance. So, here’s what I’m thinking…. My second chance can come through mankind. Let me explain - If mankind uses his free will and his great capacity for good to effect positive change in the world then the world will get better everyday. I realize that it seems daunting. There’s murder, rape, inequality, torture, hatred, child abuse, poverty, degradation, unforgiveness, elderly folks with no one to talk to, hopelessness, loneliness - it goes on and on. But, as overwhelming as it seems, life is not static. It’s dynamic, it’s constantly changing and through small shifts in mankind’s behavior I can achieve my second chance. All of you are my hands in the world. If everyone would foster a deep sense of responsibility for his neighbor and for the world at large and then act on that responsibility, the world would have a second chance.
Okay, so brevity is not my strong suit… but love is. I know that deep down you don’t believe I exist Dylan - but I know you have faith in love. I believe that the mere presence of this website is an attempt to make the world a slightly better palce - so for that, I say thank you for my second chance.
All my love and best wishes,
God.