Watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop today... Hurray for the heavyweight champions of the world! Hahaz, it was refreshing to see an out of the ordinary hero coming out to save the day. By that i refer to an ordinary hero as someone who flaunts 6 to 8 packs for abs, has some super powers like shooting lazer or spider webs, and is basically running around town in spandex. This out of the ordinary hero has one full pack, upsize, instead of the usual 6 to 8's. He has evolved and mutated into such a form that no super powers were needed, and traveling is done on an ever trustworthy 2 wheeled machine (dunno wats it called). Anyway, this hero has been kicked around, bossed over, and looked upon as a failure. Why? Most ppl dun think that he can do much, considering his weight problems and health status. However, when tough times called for tough ppl, the underestimated Paul Blart did wat he was made to do, to uphold justice.

This movie reminded me of how each person is made for a certain moment, to fulfill a certain task. I used to think that i belong to the "Others" column (refer to picture above), used and thrown away. Initially, Paul Blart reminded me of ME. How life was starting to get a little routine, how ppl are starting to take me for granted. How i think that its pointless for me to continue doing wat i was doing, and it wun make a diff if i stop. But this movie, putting the hilarious jokes aside, reminded me of wat i heard frm so long ago. That each of us has been made for a purpose, given our current status, our current skills, and even our current fitness, so that we are able to carry out a certain task, be it big or small. Point is, you are made for a purpose! So carry on doing wat u are doing, even thou ppl dun appreciate it, knowing that at some point of time, u hav made an impact in someone's life.

Just to quote from the Daily Bread from some time ago:

In August 2007, a major bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people. In the weeks that followed, it was difficult for me not to think about that tragedy whenever crossing a bridge over a body of water.
Some time later, I was watching an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. Host Mike Rowe was talking to an industrial painter whose work he was trying to duplicate. “There’s really no glory in what you do,” he said. “No,” the painter agreed, “but it’s a job that needs to be done.”
You see, that man paints the inside of the Mackinac Bridge towers in Northern Michigan. His unnoticed job is done to ensure that the steel of the magnificent suspended structure won’t rust from the inside out, compromising the integrity of the bridge. Most of the 12,000 people who cross the Straits of Mackinac each day aren’t even aware that they are depending on workers like this painter to faithfully do their jobs well.
God also sees our faithfulness in the things we do. Though we may think our deeds—big and small—sometimes go un-noticed, they are being observed by the One who matters most. Whatever our task today, let’s “do all in the name of the Lord Jesus” (Col. 3:17). — Cindy Hess Kasper