Monday, July 27, 2009

Super Powers

God was infinitely wise the day he chose not to grant me any super powers. If I had been an Other, there would be a global natural disaster of vortexes doing the rounds right about now. If I were a mutant, things would have gone badly somehow. If I had been a super-hero, I'd probably be Thor and spend most of my time with Green Peace, though I'm not really big on terrorism.

But humanity is flawed and not deserving of super powers. We're too assured of our own superiority and too convinced that we deserve all and are never wrong for us to wield them successfully.

This is the only time I question God's wisdom. When I wonder what he was thinking in creating man-kind...

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