Supposed To Be

When I walked home from work, they were straight and tall, the way they were meant to be. When I went to work the next morning, they were torn up, roots flapping in the breeze. They aren't supposed to be that way I thought as I passed by, just like so many things in life. Isn't it interesting how freely we use that phrase "supposed to be"?
Supposed to be implies order, a plan, or design that isn't being upheld. But whose plan? For this kind of statement to be true, there must be a Final Decision Maker Who makes the decisions on what that standard is. Otherwise supposed to be -- is irrelevant. But using the phrase "supposed to be" inherently argues that ultimately there is an intended purpose created by an intelligent mind with power and/or authority. Without one the trees aren't supposed to be anyway -- they just are what they are. Without this authority, our lives would be the same way -- no rhyme or reason, simply whatever they are. But because we have a Creator we rightly say "supposed to".
"For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now." Romans 8:22