The family watched The Gameplan tonight starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a pro football player (not a huge stretch considering he was a great player at Miami). The movie was pretty good and at the end as the credits rolled my 6 year old son looked at me and said, "I knew they would win the Championship. If they didn't, it wouldn't be a good story."
Almost all of us are suckers for happy endings. That is one of the great things about being a Christ follower. We have an opportunity to walk with Christ here on earth and write a new page to our story every day. God sent his son to bring redemption. His story is still being written and we have a part in that story. I truly believe this is a story with a happy ending.
What is the story that you are writing with your life? The decisions you make every day are telling a story. Will it be one of self or selflessness? Does it point people to Christ? Are you living out the Shalom that Christ came to bring?
In the words of my good friend Samurai Jack, "Get out of the seat and into the story".
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Hi, Paul.
I'm a recurring character on Random Cathy's BLOG, so found my way to your post. I've always been SUCH a sucker for the happy ending...beyond that, for the "Andy Griffith/Beaver Cleaver" life! To a fault...I'm disappointed in my real life, and the real me, when they don't turn out as "happy!" My script writers just don't cooperate sometimes! Argh!
So, thanks for this reminder to get out of MY version of the script, and walk off my version of "the perfect life set" and go outside to live life with God as the script writer! You're right, Aunt Bea may not cook me a cherry pie and make it all FEEL better, but I'm sure it will be a MUCH HAPPIER ENDING all around!!
Thanks!
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