Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days. Eventually, on the seventh day, Michael the Archangel found him, resting.
He enquired of God, “Where in your own name have you been?”
God pointed downwards through the clouds. “Look, Michael, look what I made,” said God.
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, “What is it?”
“It’s a planet,” replied God, “and I’ve put life on it. I’m going to call it ‘Earth’ and it’s going to be a great place of balance.”
“Balance?” inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing down to different parts of Earth, “For example, North America will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while South America is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot and Russia over there will be a cold spot.
“Over there I’ve placed a continent of white people and here I’ve placed a continent of black people.”
God continued, pointing to different countries, “This one will be extremely hot and arid and this one will be very cold and covered in ice.”
The Archangel, impressed by God’s work, then pointed to another and asked, “What’s that?”
“Ah,” said God. “That’s South Australia, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful people, impressive towns; it is the home of world’s finest artists, musicians, writers, thinkers, explorers and sportsmen.
“The people from South Australia are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they’re going to be found travelling the world. They’ll be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as speakers of truth.”
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, “What about balance, God; you said there’d be BALANCE.”
God replied very wisely, “Wait ’til you see who I’m putting in Victoria!”
