"I'm upside down, God..."

I had the sweet privilege of meeting Linette for dinner on Monday night. As per normal, we talked about everything under the sun. Then we stumbled upon religion and how it should affect our relationship/selection criteria for future partners. In the midst of sharing our past experiences, I concluded that I would never accept a non-Christian partner. She laughed it off; although it was clearly apparent she was not impressed by my naivety – mocking almost.

Then our conversation drifted off along the lines of predestination. As a scientist (mind you she’s very smart), Linette informed me that research has shown that religion is predetermined by one’s genes. As a result, some are “born to be” more religious than others. Oh, the folly and delusion of science and logic, why do you continue to deny God’s sovereignty?

My dear girl, I’ll have you know I wept hard that night for your unbelief.

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Dinner and “Hairspray” with the sitcom house, Wai May etc. was good. I don’t appreciate large women, but hey, they do look kinda funny bouncing around the place. For some reason or other, we started talking about personality types – the Myers-Briggs Indicator to be precise. Since then, quite a few have taken the test, blogged about it and believed this lie, much to my dismay. Despite science validating this research, it is completely inaccurate because:

1. They reflect the person you WANT to be, not ARE.
2. You cannot be consistently “yourself” for 72 questions.
3. There are 16 generalised personalities. There are 72 questions. Based on probability, this also means there are (1 × 2 × 3… × 71) or 71! personalities. By the way, the calculator only calculates up to 69! which is 1.711 × 1098 (blogger doesn't allow me to do "to the power of")
4. If you read all the other profiles, don’t they all describe a little of you as well?

I turned out to be an ENFJ, but so what? Tomorrow, if something bad happens, I might be an ISTP. So much for science and psychology – all a load of feel-good-factor cum bullshit.

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This morning, I watched Evan Almighty, courtesy of April (thanks girl!).

Everyone thinks their skies ahead are blue. No one envisions doom and gloom for his/her future. No one sees the storm ahead. But my dear readers, if you think you can go through life without hardship, you’re much mistaken. The end is nigh and so much the better because of it. Often times, it isn’t until we can see with our own eyes the disaster from a distance before we react. And we react by turning to science and logic. Intelligent indeed!

Hollywood softens the scene because many eventually scramble into the ark. In the historical account of Noah’s ark, no one believed and each and every human being was utterly destroyed. I can imagine Noah’s sorrow as he became the butt of his friends’ jokes. I often wonder whether he ever doubted God or if his wife and kids had considered leaving him.

I guess the main message is that God is never wrong. There are times where tasks seem so insurmountable and perspectives, so absurd. Indeed, the Christian walk is difficult, unconventional and at times, eccentric. Sure, physical persecution might not be what we’re called to bear, but mentally, we are at loggerheads with the world. Wait, are YOU? But whatever God does, we can take heart, because He has done everything only out of love. Love for me. Love for you. And we can always be sure that after the flood subsides, there is that beautiful rainbow, an almighty reminder of God’s covenant with man.

I’m crying as I write this because I feel so imperfect and dirty and yet You called me to serve You, God. You even cared to show me this rainbow when I was the one at fault in the first place…

Oh for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise!
The glories of my God and King, the triumphs of His grace!

My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad the honours of Thy name!