Creation of Man

By peace | August 13, 2008

A story was told of how God created animals and man. On the very first day of the world, God created the cow.

He said to the cow,”Ah Gu (cow), today I have created you! Your job is to go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will provide the energy to pull the bullock cart. You will also provide milk for people to drink. You are to work all day under the sun! In return, you will only get to eat grass. For that, I will give you a life span of 50 years.”

Ah Gu (cow) objected,”What, I have to work all day in the sun and I get only to eat grass. On top of that, I have to give my milk away! This is tough and you want me to live 50 years! No thanks, God. I’ll just live 20 years and you can have the remaining 30 years back!”

God agreed.

The next day, God created the dog. He said to the dog,”Ah Kow (Dog), I have created you for a purpose. You are to sit all day by the door of your master’s house! Should anyone come in, you are to bark at them. In return, you will eat your master’s leftovers. I’ll give you a life span of 20 years.”

Ah Kow (Dog) objected,”What! I have to sit all day by the door and I have to bark at people and what do I get… leftovers! This is just not fair. Okay, God, I tell you what,”I’ll take 10 years and you can have the remaining 10 years back!”

God agreed again.

On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the Monkey,”Lao Kao (monkey), your job is to entertain people. You will make them laugh by acting stupid and making faces. You will also do somersaults and swing on trees to entertain them. In return, you will get to eat bananas and peanuts. For that, I’ll give you 20 years to live.”

Naturally, Lao Kao (monkey) objected,”This is ridiculous. I have got to make faces, be a clown and make people laugh and swing around all day on trees, doing somersaults. That’s a tiring job and what do I get for all this hard work? Bananas and peanuts! Bad deal! I tell you what, God, I’ll just take 10 years of my life, thank you very much and I’ll return the other 10 years to you.”

God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created Man. God said to man,”You are my best piece of work. You will only need to sleep, eat, play, sleep, eat, play again and do nothing else. You will get to eat all the best food and play with all the best toys. All you need to do is to enjoy life. And I’ll give you 20 years to live to enjoy life.”

Man objected for the opposite reasons,”What, I have only 20 years to live and enjoy life? I tell you what, God, I’ll take the 30 years that Ah Gu, the cow returned you. I’ll take the 10 years that Ah Kow, the dog returned to you. And I’ll take another 10 years that Lao Kao, the monkey returned to you.

So that means I’ll have 20 years myself plus 30 years from Ah Gu, plus 10 years from Ah Kow, plus another 10 years from Lao Gao, making a total of 70 years to live? What do you think God?”

God being such a good natured person, agreed with the suggestion.

And because of that arrangement between God and man, man eat, sleep, play and enjoy life for the first 20 years of their lives when we are growing up; and then we work like a cow for the next 30 years of our lives to raise our families; and then we bark like a dog for the next 10 years of our lives at our spouses because of the empty nest syndrome when we retired; and finally we make faces and perform monkey tricks for the last 10 years of our lives, to entertain our grandchildren.

This is not a true description of why God created man. Destiny of man as seen in Psalm 8:1-9

A psalm of David
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise
because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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