Emulsion

e·mul·sion

a fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.

They say that water and oil don't mixed... maybe not in a soluble or miscible way but it can be done in its molecular dispersion that is so fine that it seems like it has already been mixed with the naked eye.

Tonight I stumbled upon a foreign movie on Netflix that caught my attention and decided to watch it due to its gastronomic theme. But what I got out of it has little to do with food but about relationships.

There was a scene of the movie where a couple that is at the brink to end their marriage and within this fancy dinner they have their so called last meal. Through their controlled and conflicting disposition to not make a scene as they dealt with their problems it reminded me of how people misunderstand each other so much, whether through miscommunication or just through little minute acts of human weakness. Especially when 2 people who are so very different from each other, miscommunication and confusion is no stranger to the equation.

The first time I learned about making salad dressings a few years back, I begin to realized that it was actually made of the 2 major ingredients of vinegar and oil. And to my fascination was when I realized that I discover the term emulsion. But salad dressings do separate if left untouched for a period of time. So often before we open the cap and pour out the dressing form the bottle, we give is a vigorous shake so that we can obtain its homogenize mixture of the salad dressing that we all know.  

Then I begin to think about the analogy used in the movie how even the most different of people can come together but they have to work hard at it, as the vigorous whisk of emulsion combines them. Sure there are moments when oil and vinegar separates but that is when no upkeep is being made, just as any relationship needs to be shaken and worked on once a while to recreate the emulsion of harmonious blend of two people. 

The separation of the salad dressing reminded me about a statement I heard about when I was a young boy in a marriage seminar, that all marriage are bound to fail and that it is the faithful pursuit is the one and only thing that keeps it together. 

A marriage is an emulsion, because no two people are so similar that it goes easy. Also, because of the existence of sin and the constant variable of changes that happens in a persons life, people never stay the same and will find themselves facing the variances sooner or later. The continual work or emulsion then becomes the very work and faithfulness that binds two of the most different elements together to create something unique in its complimentary way... until we meet Him again face to face... so whisk away!