created and not manufactured

last night, i was thinking about the difference between 'create' and 'manufacture'.

"to manufacture is to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct or to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality"
"to create is to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes. it is to evolve from one's own thought or imagination, as a work of art or an invention"

similar yet not the same isn't it? *definition according to the dictionary.com*

i love it. and this is why,

i love the fact that i was created, not manufactured
i love the fact that the love He has for me is not manufactured but true;
something i can stand on. something i know will always be there.
i love the fact that the world was created, not merely manufactured;
making it real and meaningful. with a purpose, it was created.
i love the fact that things happen in my life because it was created to be so, not manufactured, manipulated or mechanical, and god forbid, fabricated.
i love the fact that the joy in my life was created, for me;
to feel, enjoy, savour and delight in.
it was not manufatured, it was not provoked nor is it fictitious.
i love the fact that i am here not by ordinary processes but out of inspiration;
out of an absolutely pure love and truth, i was created.
i love the fact that i was not manufactured;
imagine being just one of the mass toys churned out day and night.
with absolutely no design, purpose or thought put into it,
i'm glad i am not just one-of-the-many
i love the fact that i was not manufactured.
i was not randomly put together. i was not an experiment. i was not a coincidence.
i love the fact that i was not manufactured;
instead i have the freedom and space to embrace, experiment and explore -
who i am and who i can be
i love the fact that i was not manufactured because i now rest in this knowledge -
I WAS CREATED.
i was "caused to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes. I evolved from one's own thought and imagination, as a work of art or an invention"


some people gape and go, what? you rather opt for ‘you were created’? doesn’t that make you ‘weak and powerless’? because being created means that there is someone higher up. there is someone in control (gasp) of my life. and the person at the wheel is not me. well, why not? if the choice was either i was created, or i just happened to be, surely the fact that i was created would be wiser, safer and logical wouldn't it? let's see,

if i just happened to be, everything in my life would be a chance
if i just happened to be, everything in my life would be a trial and error
if i just happened to be, whatever i feel would be for no ultimate purpose
if i just happened to be, my feelings would be shallow and all-over-the-place
if i just happened to be, everyone in my life would also just happen to be there
if i just happened to be, every moment of my life would be a 'maybe' and 'perhaps'
if i just happened to be, life would be an endless struggle of 'what ifs' and 'let's see'
if i just happened to be, tell me why then do i need to be?
if i just happened to be, tell me why then do you need to care?
if i just happened to be, really ... tell me what is the point??

so yes, i was created; happy to be so.