Life is a story, and each one of us is both the main character and the director.
Destiny is the script, written by God long before you set foot on this planet... and delivered into your hands as the one and only person responsible to make a movie out of it.
The audience doesn't know anything about who wrote the script, except for very few of them whose curiosity goes beyond what eyes can see. For the majority, they have no idea that God is the author of the story. They don't care, just as they don't really need to know.
The audience is the customer, the king. If they pay their hard earned cash to come watch your story, that is because they expect satisfaction. If you disappoint them, either as the director or the actor, or both... none of them will be angry at God. They will blame you, and you will feel the terror of their wrath when they start leaving the theater one by one, shaking their heads on their way out.
You and you alone are responsible, to decide what scene follows next, which one to cut and which one needs re-writing; i.e. as the Director... then as the star of the movie, it's your responsibility to take each member of the audience along the journey, and to make sure they enjoy the ride. Remember, they are only here to have a good time... to step away from their nightmares, their reality, and escape for a moment into this whole new world; some kind of fairyland where they get their strength renewed, so that once they come back to reality, their strength has been restored, and they are as good as new, ready to take on the world.
From the void we appear, from the dust, tiny particles of the cosmos, magically united to form a mind, a soul... then we spend our time on stage doing our best to accomplish our life's purpose, each one striving for their story to be a success, scene after scene, act after act... and then one day, we disappear; just out of the blue, the mind dissolves into little pieces, the tiny particles of dust, and it's the end of the microcosm, the return back into the void where we came from, and the reunion with The Source, while the macrocosm awaits the time for cycle renewal.
And as we fade out, the question pops itself: "What have I done, with the little time I had on stage? Has my story been a success or not?"
Obviously the answer to this question will depend on how satisfying our audience has found our character; How hard did they laugh? (Comedy), or did they cry their eyes out? (case of Tragedy). As any master of storytelling knows, two elements are crucial for any story to succeed: Conflict & Irony... those moments when a gap breaks open between expectations and results, and the audience goes like "Holy smokes! This is going to be so exciting... What's he gonna do now! What's he gonna do now!"
As it turns out, Christ did not die to pay the price... but rather to show the way. He lived and died to set an example; of how a good story should look like. Most of us followed him all his life, but when trouble came -- i.e. Conflict -- we bailed on Him, except for Peter who stuck around for a little bit longer.
So you're standing in front of trouble/Conflict? And what do you want? Looking for a way out? Pastors and Psychologists can help with that. But if you want more instead, more of pain… if you're not afraid to face the worst life can possibly offer, unafraid to stand on your feet and say: "Bring it on!" Then I may have some words of encouragement, and probably a few tips from my own experience thus far. Talk to me.
I have a feeling I'm not the only one who rather thinks that troubles and sufferings are something to be sought after, not something to be afraid of, to run away from. Like someone once said, "… suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character..." (Romans 5:3)
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Destiny is the script, written by God long before you set foot on this planet... and delivered into your hands as the one and only person responsible to make a movie out of it.
The audience doesn't know anything about who wrote the script, except for very few of them whose curiosity goes beyond what eyes can see. For the majority, they have no idea that God is the author of the story. They don't care, just as they don't really need to know.
The audience is the customer, the king. If they pay their hard earned cash to come watch your story, that is because they expect satisfaction. If you disappoint them, either as the director or the actor, or both... none of them will be angry at God. They will blame you, and you will feel the terror of their wrath when they start leaving the theater one by one, shaking their heads on their way out.
You and you alone are responsible, to decide what scene follows next, which one to cut and which one needs re-writing; i.e. as the Director... then as the star of the movie, it's your responsibility to take each member of the audience along the journey, and to make sure they enjoy the ride. Remember, they are only here to have a good time... to step away from their nightmares, their reality, and escape for a moment into this whole new world; some kind of fairyland where they get their strength renewed, so that once they come back to reality, their strength has been restored, and they are as good as new, ready to take on the world.
From the void we appear, from the dust, tiny particles of the cosmos, magically united to form a mind, a soul... then we spend our time on stage doing our best to accomplish our life's purpose, each one striving for their story to be a success, scene after scene, act after act... and then one day, we disappear; just out of the blue, the mind dissolves into little pieces, the tiny particles of dust, and it's the end of the microcosm, the return back into the void where we came from, and the reunion with The Source, while the macrocosm awaits the time for cycle renewal.
And as we fade out, the question pops itself: "What have I done, with the little time I had on stage? Has my story been a success or not?"
Obviously the answer to this question will depend on how satisfying our audience has found our character; How hard did they laugh? (Comedy), or did they cry their eyes out? (case of Tragedy). As any master of storytelling knows, two elements are crucial for any story to succeed: Conflict & Irony... those moments when a gap breaks open between expectations and results, and the audience goes like "Holy smokes! This is going to be so exciting... What's he gonna do now! What's he gonna do now!"
As it turns out, Christ did not die to pay the price... but rather to show the way. He lived and died to set an example; of how a good story should look like. Most of us followed him all his life, but when trouble came -- i.e. Conflict -- we bailed on Him, except for Peter who stuck around for a little bit longer.
So you're standing in front of trouble/Conflict? And what do you want? Looking for a way out? Pastors and Psychologists can help with that. But if you want more instead, more of pain… if you're not afraid to face the worst life can possibly offer, unafraid to stand on your feet and say: "Bring it on!" Then I may have some words of encouragement, and probably a few tips from my own experience thus far. Talk to me.
I have a feeling I'm not the only one who rather thinks that troubles and sufferings are something to be sought after, not something to be afraid of, to run away from. Like someone once said, "… suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character..." (Romans 5:3)
www.akubwakristo.blogspot.com