English A2: Complex Factual Activity

Give one example to support your response. Ans. Man generally turns to God when he is troubled or is facing some difficulty. I remember aneighbour of mine who professed to be an atheist, but when there was a stock market crash, we were all surprised to see him at our temple with hands joined and eyes closed, praying to God.

If God had gifted human beings with 'Rest'. they would never have cared to remember God since they would have nothing to long for or to feel restless about. This is because self-satisfaction and contentment would have made human beings feel complete and pleased with themselves. They might thus lose their spiritual and moral values.

In return for the gifts He has bestowed on man, God wants him to lead a life of goodness and to keep on adoring the God who has been so generous to him.

'Rest' makes us feel satisfied and contented. When we have 'rest, we do not desire anything more. We might even stop remembering God, our Creator. or seeking His blessings. Hence, God withheld the gift of 'Rest' from man.

Besides those given in the extract, God has bestowed on mankind the ability to use language as well as other cognitive abilities like reasoning. abstract thinking, etc. Above all, He has given human beings a marvellous brain, with which man has invented millions of things, right from the wheel to the computer.

God's glass of blessings contained gifts such as strength, beauty, wisdom, honour, pleasure, other treasures and the gift of rest.