7.29.2007

mutilate

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
- Genesis 1:1

"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good."
- Genesis 1:31

"And the LORD God said ... “What is this you have done?”"
- Genesis 3:13

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mu·ti·late [myoot-l-eyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1. to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts.
2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.


an account of how a 'creator' feels:
i did floral arrangements for a friend's wedding recently,
and to be honest, it wasn't easy putting things together the past few days.
time and effort were spent in an attempt to make things as perfect as
i possibly can so as not to disappoint the couple
and hopefully they'll like it all and enjoy them.
it all went well, and i was glad with my work, it was good!
but after the wedding ended, i witnessed something heart wrenching...
i saw people playing with the flowers and dirtying the premise,
and i also saw people taking flowers from other arrangements
and casually putting them into another arrangement.
the flowers didn't belong to that arrangement,
they ended up sticking out and were super out of place,
flowers that were supposed to be there were taken apart
and replaced with something else...
it was pure mutilation to me!

i was offended actually,
simply because these people didn't even have the
decency to respect the 'creator's' creation.
they think they know better, they want to experiment,
they want to toy with it, or they simply have itchy hands.
it was all good!!! why add or try to change it with your own means?
i repeat, it was all good!!!
ok, i'm not trying to say i'm very good at arranging flowers,
cause i truly believe i still have a long way to go
in perfecting the skills of floral art,
BUT, to do something, feel proud of my work, hear others say that it's nice,
and then to witness senseless people mutilating it...ARGH~!!!

i was sharing this with gim today and she said to me,
"well, at least maybe now you know how God feels..."
(she's always been so perceptive...)
and yah, i think maybe He might have felt the same way, or more even.
just look at the way we treat our planet
and what's worse is the way we treat ourselves.
we are His creation too...
He was glad when He created us, we were good in His eyes.
but look at us now...see how we treat ourselves, how we treat others...
i am ashamed myself, guilty of it all.
we failed to respect our Creator,
we think we know better,
we are myopic,
we destroy,
we hurt,
we disregard His commands,
we rebel,
we mutilate, things and humans alike.

it was all good.
now it is not.
our only hope - it will be all good again one day.

i can't wait \(^_^ )/

meanwhile, let's do our best to play our part right,
as it was intended by our Creator,
the One who knows best!

Posted by jing at 7/29/2007 10:59:00 PM

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