Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Machine Made vs Hand Made...
Felt like crap when I got out of bed this morning. Don't know why. Seems that I've been getting headaches very frequently lately. That throbbing pain I get resides on my left portion of my neck. Maybe I've not been getting enough sleep, or maybe I'm sleeping in weird positions. Oh wells... think popping in a few panadols would suffice. Either that or try sleeping for 4hrs (I just did that and it worked :)).
Was enjoying (or trying to) a serving of Foo Chow fishball noodles that incidentally, Ling has a taste for. Unfortunately, it wasn't the traditional ones that her tastebuds are used to. But one comment kept me thinking: 'It ain't good because it is machine made'. Let me just explore this for a bit...
For those who do not know, Foo Chow fishballs are basically mincemeat balls wrapped in a layer of fish paste and shaped like a ball (just imagine table-tennis ball size). And the way to differentiate the factory ones and the hand-made ones is that the former would have a regular round spherical shape. Needless to say, the factory ones aren't filled with much meat at all.
It set me thinking about God, and the whole notion of creating us in all uniqueness (I'm assuming that readers out there believe that there is a God in the first place and that He is the creator of everything). If God had created all of us uniformly not unlike a factory, we are no different from the uniform Foo Chow fishballs, having nothing to distinguish us from the rest of the human race. The fact that God created us differently with varying strengths and varying beauty, makes us UNIQUELY different from one another. And if we are created by the Alpha and Omega, and believe that He loves us much, then it would follow that He would create us PERFECT in His eyes.
Some would argue that perfection isn't with God, but with how others see us to be. I beg to differ. If we are placed on earth by God, and recognise that as the essence of our existence, it would follow that we are IN ESSENCE made with the sole purpose of serving Him. And therefore if our purpose is to serve Him, and He created us, wouldn't He create us in perfection to serve Him to our greatest abilities?
On another note, Super Bowl XL was such a let down. Officiating was kinda crap. Thought that the SeaHawks should have been given the touchdown instead of an interference call. Well, can't wait for NBA All-Star 2006 in Houston, Texas. Hope that would be a better showcase than Super Bowl!
Take it easy, Keep it real...
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