A NEWFOUND SOULMATE

Written in response to: Write a story that includes the line “Have we met before?”... view prompt

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East Asian Christian Fiction

Before going to the chance encounter of meeting someone there are three issues to be discuss first. A human being is composed of body mind and soul. What does that mean? Upon birth he is born with these three elements. His physical body, his blank mind and the soul which cannot be seen or it is intangible. These three properties of the human being has been a mystery possessing the material flesh compose of different body organs and perform their specific functions. Let;s take the head which is compose of the hair ears face nose mouth and the eyes. The bony part is the skull that carries the whole head and inside is the brain. The hair covers the head to protect the head and keep growing and growing until the human body dies. The ears has a hole that contains the eardrum to process the sound so it is use for hearing. The face is the mirror of a human being . It encompasses all its physical appearance in an artistic fashion calling it the most beautiful part of the human body. The nose has two holes called nostrils where air is inhaled to enable this human being to breathe air in order to live. The mouth is compose of lips that open and close while eating. Inside is the teeth to chew the food that it eats and the tongue to help digest the food and the other function of the mouth is to talk. The eyes is the window of the human body. It is compose of the eyelids eyebrow and eyelashes. The eyebrow is like an arc to protect the eyes including the eyelashes and the eyelids. The eyeball enable the human being to see the beauty around him like colors living and non living things so it has a very important function. Without an eye it will be total darkness so the eyes is the light of the human body. Below the head is the neck connecting it to the body frame and the shoulders has an extension called the arms. They are called the right and left arm with five fingers. It has nails at the tip of the fingers. Their function is to lift pick and pick up objects. It holds the spoon with food to put in the mouth when eating. It has many task to do. The torso is a part of the body frame that has a ribcage and inside the ribcage are the different internal organs , the heart the lungs and the liver. Below the torso is the stomach compose of the big and small intestine where the food goes for digestion. It is the main function of the intestines to digest food for the human being inorder to live. The kidneys are located on the lower part of the intestine to collect the waste filtered by the liver and excrete. The anus is the end part of the intestine where waste is eliminated as its normal function to let the human body cleanse itself from its food waste. There are two legs of the human body which is use for mobility compose of the thigh knees and the foot with five toes. On top of the toes are the toenails located at the tip of the toes. So this is the whole body frame of the human being to do its regular functions in order to live. The life in him is maintained with air food his sight his hearing , his eating, digesting and eliminating w hat he has eaten The whole body is covered with layers of skin and underneath is the flesh. That's how the human being lives. The brain has an immense power. called mind. It has the ability to think understand , interpret calculate speak discuss read with the help of the eyes sending information for processing. There are many things the mind can do. It can also invent like the cars running on the street are products of the mind the airplanes flying up in the sky, the ships sailing in the wide oceans and guess what. Electricity, the telephone , the cell phone and other means of communication. The latest and most powerful in these days is the internet. It can copy anything which is called Artificial Intelligence. This property of the human being has contributed to the development of civilization since the ancient time. To build structures like Taj Mahal, the Pyramids and currently the tall office and residential buildings where the human being lives in luxury , the construction of roads and highways water dams the different means of transportation trains cable cars buses limousines and the taxicab. How much power the mind can go to invent more things. How about the spacecrafts which landed on the moon. That's how the brain functions that has the power of the mind. It has been develop by assimilation of knowledge of the world through exploration and discovery. Inside the brain is also the soul. Since the soul is the same as the spirit where did it come from? To those who believe that there is a Supreme Being called God it where the is the soul come from? In the book called the Holy Bible it is written that God has infuse life to the human being Adam He created and became a living soul. And the Holy Spirit came down when Jesus Christ was baptized and permanently dwells in the human being after the Son of God has died. Here the origin of the soul of the human being is upon creation while the Holy Spirit is upon the death of His son Jesus Christ. We cannot fathom the mysteries and the power of God in the human beings life but His ultimate purpose is to make the human being lives the way He wants Him to live according to His 10 Commandments. The 10 Commandments was instituted by Moses for the human being to follow after Adam the first human being on Earth was driven away by God from the Garden of Eden called Paradise. The human being suffered so much for not being able to follow the commandments to have a good life. Then God sent Jesus Christ to tell to the human being that He has come to rescue him and have an everlasting life. He could be an heir to the coming kingdom of God once he follows the way God wants him to live. But what is happening in the world is continuous suffering due to the stubbornness of the human being resulting to because of God's disappointment many natural disasters happen, the fury of erupting volcanoes, strong typhoons and hurricanes that wreck havoc to the human being's inventions. How can the human being get away from these sufferings? There is inept suffering no matter how he seek to improve. How many millions of human beings on Earth are malnourished, being displaced in their homeland due to war and the world leaders who are greedy of power caused destruction and lost of lives. There is a trend on social media on the issue of the soul and spirituality. Attira has written a comment to a post about the 10 Commandments why it has to be followed. Agreeing to the post Attira commented that it is still enforced today. Aristeo posted that it is already obsolete and out of time. Attira added and insisted that if it is obsolete how come good things still happen on Earth where good things are showered by God from heaven to those who believe in Him? Aristeo is amazed of her explanation. " Did we meet before?" Aristeo asked. "I don't think so". answered Attira. "I know you, we went to the same church" Attira was surprised. Everytime Attira commented on his post Aristeo is very impress of her comments that he ask her to share it on the newsfeed of social media to the church group of Aristeo. She refused having known Aristeo is a widower. Attira is a married woman and she is afraid to be criticize and ridiculed to post her comments like what Aristeo said. Attira pleaded to use the story of social media that Aristeo can only read her comment. So that has happened for so long that Attira considered Aristeo as her soulmate as their topic is always about spirituality.

October 10, 2024 21:32

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