Catch me
First of all I want to appologize to all my addoring fans. Taylor I am sorry I haven't been writing. I decided to take a month off because I was lazy. There I am glad I got that over with. On one serious note I do hope someone besides me is helped by reading this.
I was watching a movie called "Weather man" this past weekend, and ended up walking out. Before I did I saw a scene that made me think. The scene was between the main character (Nicholis Cage) and his estranged wife. They had decided to go to marriage counciling in an attempt to save their marrage. Well one of the exercises the therapist had everyone in the class do was to have your wife stand infront of you, facing the wall. Then let go and fall backwards. This image stayed with me. The exercise was all about building trust with a simple act of trust. I have always seen this act as really simple. I mean who wouldn't catch the person? Even though you can't see the person you know they are right behind you. Let me give humanity a little create and say if two people decide to get married they can't all be bad. The person's going to catch you anyways because there is a room full of people watching you. Ok so we have established this is a no brainer act. So why doesn't this apply to the way I look at God? Why can't I left go and trust he will catch me? He tells us clearly in the Bible He will catch us (Matt. ch.7). Why is this so hard and confusing? As a christian I must and do believe that He exists and that the Bible is truth. So how is that different than knowing the person is standing right behind me?
One of my favorite movies is "Garden State." A story of a man literally missing life because he is numb to the experience of life. But what I love the most is the ending he leaves his love to try and figure out a plan to organize his life. But the last scene is the girl crying in an airport phonebooth and all the sudden the main character busts in pulls her out and says screw the plan I am not sure of anything but all I am sure of is you. Playing in the background is a great song by Frou Frou called "let go" and the movie ends. The only thing I am sure of is God nothing else in my life is a sure thing. I could loose my leg, eye or hair tomorrow. I could get kicked out of school. My parents could get a divorce or a friend could let me down. Nothing in this life is a sure thing except God and Jesus Christ. Our life pursuit should be the act of letting GO and falling back knowing He will catch us. There is "beauty in the Break Down" because it shows us how much we need Christ.
Now I am not saying just blindly say he will keep me safe if I walk infront of traffic or i don't have to study for a test because I have faith in God. Honestly I would have to say you were being stupid... yes stupid because God doesn't say he will just wave a magic wand and make our lives better for ourselves. No, every act is for His glorification. What I am saying we need to stop trying to control our lives because all we do is mess it up. There is a reason we need to have constant and regular contact with our Father, so we lead the best possible life. Now I could go into way this is so important but that is a whole separate point that people have written books on.
People walk through life racing, stressing, worrying what will happen next and led lives that are so much less fullfilling than letting Go to a God that is faithful. I have a dream every so often that I am standing on the edge of a very high diving board with my back to the water and my face toward the latter going back down. The question is do I walk back down the latter and control my outcome or do I let my body fall backwards? I guess we all have to ask ourselves that question dayly. Do I need to constantly feel fear and worry because my life isn't going where I want it to or do I want to let go and find my God?
I was watching a movie called "Weather man" this past weekend, and ended up walking out. Before I did I saw a scene that made me think. The scene was between the main character (Nicholis Cage) and his estranged wife. They had decided to go to marriage counciling in an attempt to save their marrage. Well one of the exercises the therapist had everyone in the class do was to have your wife stand infront of you, facing the wall. Then let go and fall backwards. This image stayed with me. The exercise was all about building trust with a simple act of trust. I have always seen this act as really simple. I mean who wouldn't catch the person? Even though you can't see the person you know they are right behind you. Let me give humanity a little create and say if two people decide to get married they can't all be bad. The person's going to catch you anyways because there is a room full of people watching you. Ok so we have established this is a no brainer act. So why doesn't this apply to the way I look at God? Why can't I left go and trust he will catch me? He tells us clearly in the Bible He will catch us (Matt. ch.7). Why is this so hard and confusing? As a christian I must and do believe that He exists and that the Bible is truth. So how is that different than knowing the person is standing right behind me?
One of my favorite movies is "Garden State." A story of a man literally missing life because he is numb to the experience of life. But what I love the most is the ending he leaves his love to try and figure out a plan to organize his life. But the last scene is the girl crying in an airport phonebooth and all the sudden the main character busts in pulls her out and says screw the plan I am not sure of anything but all I am sure of is you. Playing in the background is a great song by Frou Frou called "let go" and the movie ends. The only thing I am sure of is God nothing else in my life is a sure thing. I could loose my leg, eye or hair tomorrow. I could get kicked out of school. My parents could get a divorce or a friend could let me down. Nothing in this life is a sure thing except God and Jesus Christ. Our life pursuit should be the act of letting GO and falling back knowing He will catch us. There is "beauty in the Break Down" because it shows us how much we need Christ.
Now I am not saying just blindly say he will keep me safe if I walk infront of traffic or i don't have to study for a test because I have faith in God. Honestly I would have to say you were being stupid... yes stupid because God doesn't say he will just wave a magic wand and make our lives better for ourselves. No, every act is for His glorification. What I am saying we need to stop trying to control our lives because all we do is mess it up. There is a reason we need to have constant and regular contact with our Father, so we lead the best possible life. Now I could go into way this is so important but that is a whole separate point that people have written books on.
People walk through life racing, stressing, worrying what will happen next and led lives that are so much less fullfilling than letting Go to a God that is faithful. I have a dream every so often that I am standing on the edge of a very high diving board with my back to the water and my face toward the latter going back down. The question is do I walk back down the latter and control my outcome or do I let my body fall backwards? I guess we all have to ask ourselves that question dayly. Do I need to constantly feel fear and worry because my life isn't going where I want it to or do I want to let go and find my God?
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