"Your life is a blank page; you write on it."
There's a lot that jumps out to me about this statement, in many ways. The one thing that seems most beneficial to me is taking the approach to this statement the best way anyone can, and thats is a submissive approach.
How liberating, exciting, and adventurous is it to think of one's life as a blank page in which we write! Now, I love, and greatly encourage everyone, to look at life through the lens of a story. We are all narcissistic to one extent or another, some obviously more so than others. So the idea of viewing, thinking, and approaching life as a story (or movie) should not be to radical and counter intuitive for anyone. It is in our nature to default to the assumption that the world was made for, and revolves around us. But think of your life as a story as if you were writing it.
Some of us would concede that we are not very good story tellers or authors at all, and others come across movies and stories only to be frustrated and annoyed because they view themselves as master story tellers and authors. Regardless of your personal impression on your ability to tell a story the reality is this; their is someone far more capable of writing a better story than you!
When we approach the statement and belief that, "life is a blank page; you write on it," with a submissive attitude, fully accepting and believing that God is not only capable of, but desiring to write a better story, the effects are radically life-changing!
Everything that draws us into a movie or story, all those elements that entice and hold our attention are written into the very fabric of each individual's soul. So as some like the action-adventure genre, others the romantic comedies, the truth is, those inclinations were put their by our loving and creative father. Just think, when He created the world, it was literary! He spoke, and things began existing! He spoke, and you existed. Everything He has created, has distinct characteristics and purposes.
Don't you think that if He created you, He is the author of the character that is you; that He would know what you crave, desire, and are passionate about? And if this is in fact true, wouldn't it stand to reason that He knows the greatest possible means of which to write and create the most profound, adventurous, engaging story that your life could ever have?
There is a greater author than you...will you write your story with Him?
1 comments:
Trying to include your comments on free will: If we allow God to be, as the famous bumper sticker goes, our co-pilot, don't we give up our free will? Is there a difference between letting God take control and possession?
My question I guess is: you asked whether or not we have free will, but if instead of trying to make our own decisions (free will)we rely on God to make decisions (subservience?), where does that lead us?
Also, does God have one set plan for us? If we decide to go feed homeless people on a Friday night, does God care if we go to San Clemente or Mission Viejo? The questions are important, I believe, because if God wants us to follow a set of bullets: A leads to B, then B leads to C, we are all in for a very rough ride. But if God cares more about us leading a righteous life then it now becomes a matter of applying God's principles to the world around us. And of course, only the last option allows free will.
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