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WHICH TEMPLE SHALL GOD BE IN
spring,” God replied to the little girl.
But right then, at the other end of the glade, a well-built youth stood up,
and with downcast eyes said quietly, addressing God, “We will have many
things to accomplish in the spring. God, you will try to take part in each
matter. Why should you waste your attention on freckles. Especially since
they are so beautiful, I cannot imagine an image more beautiful than a
young freckled girl.”
“So what should I do?” God said thoughtfully. “The maiden asked, and I
promised her.”
“What do you mean, ‘What should I do?’” the maiden intervened once
again in the conversation. “The people say, ‘you should busy yourself with
more important matters than freckles.’ But if we are talking about flecks,
then I say you can add two, like this, for symmetry, here on my right cheek.”
God smiled. This could be seen from the fact that the people smiled.
Everyone knew that soon a new and beautiful family would be born in their
settlement.
Thus the people lived with God in their amazing settlement. One day one
hundred wise men came to see them. The joyful residents always greeted
visitors with all kinds of food. The wise men tasted wonderful fruits and ad-
mired their unusual taste.
Then one of them said, “Oh, people, your life knows its measure and is
beautiful. There is plenty and comfort in each house, but no culture in your
communication with God. There is no glorification or worship of the Divin-
ity.”
“But why?” the alarmed residents attempted to object. “We communicate
with God as we do to each other. We communicate once every three years.
But every day He rises as the Sun. In the garden, He bustles around each
house from spring on as the bee. In winter, He covers the earth as snow. His
affairs are clear to us, and we are glad each time.”
“The way you have set this up is wrong,” the wise men said. “We have
come to teach you how to communicate with God. All over the world,
palaces and temples have been built for him. In them, people can commu-
nicate with God every day, and we are going to teach you.”
