TRADING PLACES WITH GOD
Elie Wiesel tells the story of the day man came before God on His heavenly throne and said to him, “Which do you think is harder, to be man or to be God?” “Being God is much harder,” God answered. “I have a whole universe to worry about, planets and galaxies. All you have to worry about is your family and your job.” “True enough,” said man. “But You have infinite time and infinite power. The hard part is not doing the job, but doing it within the limits of human strength and the human life span.” God answered, “You don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s much harder to be God.” Man replied, “I don’t know how You can say that so confidently when You’ve never been human and I’ve never been God. What do You say we change places for just one second, so You can know the feeling of being man and I can know what it…
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