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by Thomas J. Miranda (1992)
When God pondered His first creation, He realized that such a creature
must possess Love, Loyalty, Caring, Understanding and Devotion. A creature
who would respect all the beautiful creatures, trees, and plants in His Kingdom.
After several design sketches, He came up with a creature which had all these
properties. His first creation walked on four legs, was black and followed Him
everywhere. God was so impressed with this creature, He decided to give it a
name. After pondering on this, God came up with a brilliant idea.
"I'll give him my Name spelled backwards", He said.
So this is how the dog got its name.
Now Dog loved God very much. Dog looked like a Labrador Retriever and
went everywhere God went. When God left for work in the morning, Dog
would follow Him to the gate and watch Him until He disappeared in the distance.
Poor Dog was very lonely until the end of the day, when he would see God
coming up the path. God would be tired after a busy day creating the stars,
galaxies and everything we now have. What pleased Him so much was to see
Dog waiting eagerly for Him at the gate. Dog would wag his tail, bark and jump
for joy. He would follow God into the house and stay with Him until bedtime. At
night, Dog would sleep at God's feet and also keep a careful ear for any strange
sounds.
Everything was so good with God and Dog until one day God let Dog follow
Him to work. Dog sniffed everything he could and ran circles around God until
He reached His office. One day, Dog was lying on the front step of God's office
when an Archangel went by. Dog had not seen an Archangel before so he thought
it would be fun to chase him. The Archangel ran for his life and finally took flight
to escape Dog. Although Dog thought that this was fun, he soon found out that
this was not the proper thing to do. Several other angels also complained to God
about Dog. God did not want to hurt Dog, so he decided to create a companion
for Dog; especially since God was getting busier with all the creation work.
So God made man in His image and likeness to keep Dog company. Dog and
man got along well, even though Dog never forgot the wonderful times he had
being so near his God. We can say that "Dog is man's best friend", but we should
remember that Dog is also God's best friend.
And so, this is how and why the dog was created. Though man has lost sight
of the Creator's need for us to care for His Kingdom, the dog still has all the
wonderful traits which God had required in His final design.
So the next time you see a beautiful dog remember that the dog was the first
creature created and that the wonderful traits which God planned, Love,
Loyalty, Caring, Understanding and Devotion are all wrapped up in that
creature with the wagging tail.
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