Taken From Does God Have A Big Toe by Marc Gellman and Oscar de Mejo
Before there was
anything, there was God, a few angels, and a huge swirling glob of rocks
and water with no place to go. The angels asked God, “Why don’t you
clean up this mess?”
So God
collected rocks from the huge swirling glob and put them together in
clumps and said, “Some of these clumps of rocks will be planets, and
some will be stars, and some of these rocks will be…just rocks.”Then God collected water from the huge swirling glob and put it together in pools of water and said, “Some of these pools of water will be oceans, and some will become clouds, and some of this water will be…just water.”
Then the angels said, “Well God, it’s neater now, but is it finished?” And God answered…
“NOPE!”
On
some of the rocks God placed growing things, and creeping things, and
things that only God knows what they are, and when god had done all
this, the angels asked God, “Is the world finished now?” and God
answered…
“NOPE!”
God
made a man and a woman from some of the water and dust and said to
them, “I am tired now. Please finish up the world for me…really it’s
almost done.” But the man and woman said, “We can’t finish the world
alone! You have the plans and we are too little.”
“You
are big enough,” God answered them. “But I agree to this. If you keep
trying to finish the world, I will be your partner.”
The
man and the woman asked, “What’s a partner?” and God answered, “A
partner is someone you work with on a big thing that neither of you can
do alone. If you have a partner, it means that you can never give up,
because your partner is depending on you. On the days you think I am
not doing enough and on the days I think you are not doing enough, even
on THOSE days we are still partners and we must not stop trying to
finish the world. That’s the deal.” And they all agreed to that deal.
Then the angels asked God, “Is the world finished yet? and God answered, “I don’t know. Go ask my partners.”
Yesterday I attended the noon "Holy Thursday" service. One aspect of the service was reading from Does God Have a Big Toe. Holy Thursday marks "The Last Supper" in which Jesus washed the disciples feet and basically told them to wash the feet of others and love each other. I thought about how I "wash the feet" of others. What do I do to help others? Today I attended the noon "Good Friday" service. Of course it was the typical service, but I appreciated the attention given to Simon who carried Jesus' cross. Would I have carried the cross? I kind of think I would have been too selfish or wimped out. Both services were a reminder that I need to be more generous and helpful.
Listening at the Cross: The Seven Last Words of Christ from Jan Richardson on Vimeo.
BTW- Obviously I was too selfish to remember my giving thanks at the bottom of my blog during Lent. Maybe I'll do better next year. I have sooooo much to be thankful for, so it should not have been forgotten.
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