A few weeks ago, my wife came up a new idea of honey-to-do project – she wants me to build a hydroponic system that can grow vegetables/plants in house through recycling water from our fish tank. The ingenious idea is to use the fish waste in the water as nutrients for vegetables and then filtered water can be used for fish. Initially, I was skeptical because it can be a time-consuming and disastrous, if it does not go well. After studied a little bit and found a few tutorials in the internet, I decided to take the challenge. It took me a few days to sketch up and purchased necessary materials for the system and of course, it has become a one-man’s quest, subsequently. 🙂

Because it is built from scratch, the project progresses slowly. I want to make sure everything is tested and working as design before I put it up; besides, I am not a carpenter in trait. During the process, I have to alter the design several times in order to fit it on top of my fish tank. Overall this is not an easy job, yet it is an interesting home project. This lets me think of the story of creation in the book of Genesis.

In chapter 1 of the book of Genesis, we learned that God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days. If we read carefully, we can find that all the amazing creations are from God’s speaking (神說) and they ended with the phrase “And it was so (事就這樣成了)”. For example on the first day, God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (神說：「要有光。」就有了光。) (Genesis 1:3). On the second day, God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so (神說：「諸水之間要有空氣，將水分為上下。」 神就造出空氣，將空氣以下的水、空氣以上的水分開了。事就這樣成了。) (Genesis 1:6-7). Then, on the third day, God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so (神說：「天下的水要聚在一處，使旱地露出來。」事就這樣成了。) (Genesis 1:9) ……etc.

Wouldn’t it be nice that I can say “Let’s there be a hydroponic system, and it was so?” Reality is that I am NOT God the Creator! I cannot get what I want every time when I say it. In fact, in our life journey, how many times we want thing goes the way we desired and yet, all we received is just a disappointment of “it was NOT so”? Probably very often, right? Truth is “Life is not a bed of roses人生不如意事十常八九” – things do not always work out the way we would like to. Therefore, the result of “It was NOT so” happens more often than “And it was so.”

Then what can we learn from this experience? I think firstly, we have to realize the fact that we are merely created beings by God. If we don’t, we will fall into the same temptation set by the serpent that our ancestors, Adam and Eve, stumbled upon. Secondly, we have to acknowledge that sinful nature is what we inherited and can’t escape. Only through the blood of Jesus Christ then we can be redeemed, we can reconcile with God and we can be restored to the original image of God that was created by Him.

Apostle Paul told us that “we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. 我們原是他的工作，在基督耶穌裡造成的，為要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。(Ephesians 2:10).” It is clear that we are God’s project that He prepared in Christ Jesus to do good works. The question is how many times we entrust ourselves to the One who speaks and it was so?

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Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.