The story of the trees - for children
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- By John Eagles, 1992.
This page is part of an ERW course, Divine Principle.
DO YOU KNOW WHY THE TREES ARE THERE? THIS STORY OF THE TREES TELLS YOU THIS.
GOD CREATED EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. THE EARTH WAS CREATED. THE SKY WAS THERE. THE SUN WAS SHINING. THE MOON GAVE LIGHT IN THE DARK NIGHTS. THE SKIN OF THE EARTH WAS BEAUTIFUL GREEN WITH FRESH GRASS. FLOWERS MADE RED, YELLOW, BLUE AND PURPLE SPOTS IN THE GREEN. BUT SOMETHING WAS MISSING.
GOD SENT THE ANGELS TO THE EARTH. "YOU MUST LAY YOURSELF DOWN IN THE GRASS," GOD SAID TO THE ANGELS. "YOU MUST LOOK TO THE CLOUDS IN THE SKY, AND THEN YOU MUST FIND OUT WHAT IS MISSING."
THE ANGELS DID WHAT GOD ASKED THEM. THEY LAID THEMSELVES ON THE GRASS, AND IT WAS VERY NICE. THEY WALKED OVER THE FIELDS, AND IT WAS VERY NICE.
GOD WAS WAITING. HOW LONG IT TOOK, UNTIL THE ANGELS FOUND ABOUT GOD'S PROBLEM! THE ANGELS NEVER CAME BACK.
GOD WENT DOWN TO THE EARTH. GOD CALLED THE ANGELS AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY FELT. "OH, WE FEEL VERY NICE," THEY SAID. "BUT WHO ARE YOU?" GOD WAS VERY SHOCKED. THE ANGELS DID NOT KNOW GOD ANYMORE. AND HOW BORED THEY WERE LOOKING! MOST OF THEM WERE SLEEPING. NONE OF THEM WAS INSPIRED TO DO SOMETHING.
GOD WENT BACK TO HEAVEN AND BEGAN TO THINK. SOMETHING WAS REALLY MISSING. BUT WHAT?
FINALLY, GOD FOUND IT. EVERYTHING ON EARTH WAS FLAT. YOU COULD SAY, HORIZONTAL. THERE WAS NOTHING ON EARTH THAT TOLD YOU TO THINK ABOUT GOD. NOTHING THAT INSPIRED YOU TO GO HIGHER. NOTHING THAT MADE YOU DREAM ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT THE WIDE UNIVERSE, ABOUT GOD.
THAT WAS MISSING! THEN GOD INVENTED THE TREES. GOD THOUGHT: "I MAKE TREES EVERYWHERE. THEN EVERYONE WHO SEES THE TREE MUST ALSO LOOK UP. AND WHEN THEY LOOK UP, THEY MUST THINK ABOUT ME." THIS IS WHAT GOD THOUGHT.
GOD MADE BEAUTIFUL TREES. GOD WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WOULD BE BORED ANYMORE. THAT EVERYONE WOULD SEE A TREE THAT HE OR SHE LIKED MOST, AND THEN THIS PERSON WOULD LOOK UP AND THINK ABOUT GOD. THEN EVERYONE WOULD FEEL ALWAYS HAPPY AND NEVER BE BORED AGAIN.
GOD ALSO THOUGHT: "THE TREES ARE LIKE MY OWN CHILDREN. MY CHILDREN ALSO MUST ALWAYS WALK STRAIGHT, WITH THEIR HEADS CLOSE TO ME, THEIR PARENT IN HEAVEN."
THE ANGELS WERE VERY HAPPY. THEY LIKED THE TREES VERY MUCH. WHEN ANGELS SEE TREES, THEY MUST ALWAYS THINK OF GOD'S CHILDREN. AND THEN THEY THINK ABOUT GOD. THEY LOVE GOD THEN SO MUCH. THE ANGELS LOVE GOD BECAUSE THEY SEE GOD IN GOD'S CHILDREN. AND THEY LOVE THE TREES, BECAUSE THROUGH THE TREES THEY WERE NEVER BORED AGAIN.
