On the day God cast Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, he walked in sorrow to the head of the four rivers flowing out of the garden.  His heart was in torment over having to send Adam and Eve out of the garden.

     He surveyed the horizon burning bright with yellows and reds of the setting sun.  His broken heart mourned the innocence lost.  He began to cry in great waves of lament for all the pain that the whole of his creations would suffer from that day forward.

     The sun set and the moon dared not shine it's light on God in his sorrow.

     As God's tears flowed into the rivers, the waters began to turn salty.  The marine life, being  fresh water creations, began to die and float to the surface. 

     Since the moon hid it's light from the world, God didn't see the the rivers turning to death until the sun crested the horizon the next morning. 

     In horror, he looked at the lifeless fish and all manner of marine life floating on the surface of the four rivers.

     God fell to his hands and knees and beat the soft sand with his fist.  He raised up, stretched out his arms and thundered,  "No-o-o-o-o-o..."

     His voice vibrated the waters and brought all the dead things back to life, changing them instantly into wonderful new salt water creations.

     "Let these rivers now be known as oceans and let them never be  conquered by man!"  he declared,  "As the oceans encircle the earth, let them be a reminder of my love encircling the earth.  Let their salty waters be a reminder of all the tears of sorrow that I'll shed for mankind until sin is conquered forever."

     Long into the morning of that new day, God sat on the shore and watched the new creations celebrating life.  Whales and porpoises leapt and played in the warm salty waters.  Seagulls, pelicans and herons gave a splenderous display of flight.  Crabs and small creatures danced in the waves and sand.  Waves drummed their constant calming rhythm of water rushing to and from the shore.

    God smiled and said,  "This is good!"