Created in God's image.

"Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives”. This catchphrase was made popular by the TV soap Days of our Lives aired on US network, NBC. It depicts the lives of men and women as they walk through this life loving, giving, hurting, hating and eventually, dying.

It is a reflection of man: His passage from birth, infancy, adolescence, and adulthood. The people he meets, the women and men he loves and the events that shape his life. It is a creative narrative of everyday struggles and how man responds to them. Perhaps some or all of these determine his values, beliefs, ideals and goals.

Oft he is drawn to certain faith that relies on an unseen being and his behaviour and integrity may inadvertently be shaped by this faith.Indeed man’s days are like sands through the hour glass: unsure, uncertain, wanton, depraved, decadent and degenerate. Man must find a route out of the mess. Is this life just about birthing, hurting, hating, corruption, selfishness, loving and dying?

Surely there must be more to our life than what we currently experience. Did we evolve for a purpose bigger than we currently accomplish? Simple minds may wonder what the religious bigotry is all about; many are quick to dissuade it as another of life’s preoccupation.

But is it really? Could there be more in the offing? Should we ever be content with merely existing? Perhaps we can shape our lives in the appropriate desired directions, and play active roles in what becomes of us.

Do you think so? I agree with you. I agree life isn’t about “Que sera sera”. Man isn’t as the grass of the land or the sands of the sea, which rise without the will to establish how the end will turn out.

I agree his faith should be more than mere religion, perhaps rather a relationship. Man can participate in his creator’s plan for him and enjoy the fullness of the magnum opus for which he evolved.

Let’s unite in this; that man indeed is a masterpiece. He is the creator’s most accomplished work, fitting for the best of his habitual pleasures. Not merely another one of the many creations of the creator, he is one carefully thought of, crafted in the splendour of the heavens, breathe with the life of God!