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village you can find us. We also have a number of subsidiaries.
Marla and Gideon are from the corporate office. Marla is in
P.R.—‘people recycling’, in this case and Gideon is a troubleshooter—special
projects. <strong>You</strong>’re one of his projects.”
“It sounds so business-oriented, as if the entire world
were a giant corporation.”
“I compare it to a business for your understanding. <strong>You</strong>
understand the corporate world so, I speak to you in terms of
what you understand. <strong>You</strong> see, I’m in business—the ‘God
Business’ or, looking at it another way, the ‘Good Business’.”
If this was God, I thought, then I’ve been granted a
rare privilege and should take full advantage of it. Actually, I
was beginning to take him seriously.
His voice broke into my thoughts. “<strong>You</strong> need proof that
I am God. Yet, no matter what proof you’re given, you’ll always
find there's an element of doubt. That doubt, as to
whether you did the right thing, is a result of your having the
power of choice. Let me tell you this. After I had made the
earth and all that was in and on it, I too, wondered whether it
was the right thing. But then again, whatever I do is the right
thing.”
“Did Gideon get his powers from you?”
“Yes, and so did you. Now, let me show you something.
Think of a place where you'd like to be.”
I thought for a few seconds and then blurted out, “How
about the Serengeti plains of East Africa?”
“Good. <strong>You</strong> will see... .” and before the sentence was
finished, I found myself on a grassy plain with knotted shrubbery
covering the landscape. There were the acacia trees of
tropical Africa. Wildebeests, giraffes and elephants dotted the
terrain. The transition was so instantaneous that I caught my
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