Design

Thinking about an illustration I pondered awhile ago and was revisiting this week.  So, we all are designed by and for God.  We think we're in charge of ourselves and we like to go our way and do what we like to do, all the while ignoring what we're made for.  It's like an electric can opener deciding it's really a framing hammer.  Yeah, an electric can opener may be able to pound nails into 2 by 4's like a framing hammer, but is that what it's designed for? No.  And, at some point is it likely that abusing it this way may make it nearly inoperable as an electric can opener?  Yes, at least it most likely wouldn't function as a can opener unless it was sent back to the manufacturer for repairs. 

So, I was thinking about how we completely miss our design at times and use ourselves in ways never intended for us and sometimes very harmful to us.  We need to read the directions - hear what the manufacturer intended for us and operate in line with our design.  Form and function - true of the human spirit, soul and body.