God's artistic skills

While traveling to pick up a friend to take to work, I marveled again at the fall colors. I think Michigan can rival upstate N.Y, Vermont or N.Hampshire, and yes even PA in fall colors. I heard that one day before creation God was painting, and the archangel Michael stopped by to admire his work, only God wouldn't let him see his work in progress. Then one day God called all the heavenly host together and told about his bold new plan to create an earth and all the plants, animals and one man to inhabit that earth. As sort of an architects sketches before the project is started God brought out four covered murals that he had painted to give them an idea of what the 'seasons' on this earth would look like. The first one had a lot of trees with bright green leaves and new grasses growing ... then as the host was 'ouhing and ahhhhhh'ing' God unveiled the second painting. This was far more beautiful than even the first, for in this one the grasses were richer and thicker, like carpets crisscrossing the landscape, and the trees were much fuller and the colors deeper shades of green, with every hue of green included ... this one nearly took their breathe away. After some time of letting them just dwell on the second painting, with great drama God revealed the third painting, It was even superior to the second one, this one was His greatest - His masterpiece. The array of colors was so beautiful the heavenly host couldn't even comment, they just sat there, they had never seen such an other worldly display of colors ... this would be an ideal 'earthly' time in which to live, imagine dwelling in such splendor. Finally, God took away the cover on the fourth painting - this one shocked them as much as the third one had, for instead of the former divine palate of granduer there was only about two colors 'white and black' .. and some sprinklings of dull green or brown here and there, but not very much. There were different shades of white and black, often dismal gray's ..the trees had lost their leaves and in many places looked like what might be called, they couldn't imagine a word to fit until Michael suggested 'skeleton's; yet there was a strange peace even in the lack of color. What happened after that colorful masterpiece to cause you to paint the last one as you did? asked Michael. God replied, 'I guess I just needed some rest; I wanted to sit back and enjoy the beautiful autumn season.' Then I got to thinking what a great segue this sorta colorless season would make, bringing appreciation for the colors that just were[for you do know that those brilliant colors are only temporary] and with absence of all that color the final season would create anticipation for the new birth of spring. So I think these four pictures will complete the cycle of seasons I'm going to create. By the way Michael, what do you think of that cycle? which picture do you like best? do you think you'd like to spend some time down there? Michael, don't really wanting to answer the questions, and certainly not wanting to obligate himself in the future to such a puny planet, sorta smiled, shrugged his wings and disappeared.