In the High School girls' class on Sunday mornings we have started a study that I've entitled, "Happily Eternally After". It's the story of a super-powered warrior princess, who happens to be me....and you....(if you're a girl)....and every other Christian woman in the world. She's beautiful, she's kind, she's smart, and at the end of the story (SPOILER ALERT).....she wins! (Of course, along the way she finds a handsome prince who sweeps her off her feet and they fall madly in love.....because this is a high school girls' class after all!)
A few weeks ago, after introducing our study, I gave the girls a piece of paper and had them write down their ideal life story. I asked them, "If you could choose today how your story will be written, what would it say? Where would you be in five years and what would you be doing? What about fifteen years? Thirty years?"
Then we kicked off our first chapter in the study, "Upon this moment in time..." We talked about "moments" and how they relate to the life stories the girls wrote the previous week. We discussed how single moments can either substantiate our stories or alter them. Decisions you make, sometimes in the briefest of moments, can help you continue down the path in your "ideal story" or they can send you in another direction entirely. Another direction is not always a bad thing (although it certainly can be)....as long as your story leads you to the same "happily eternally after" ending.
So I've been thinking a lot about "moments" over the past week. I've thought about all of the choices those precious teenagers are making at this time in their lives. I've thought about my three children and how, when I pray with them at night, I always ask for God to help them make good choices. I've thought about my own life and how the choices I make not only affect me but also my family, my friends, and my co-workers. Decision-making moments should not be taken lightly.
I've also thought about my life story: I've flipped through the chapters that have already been written, I've looked at the plot lines that were red marked and revised, I've laughed and cried at some of my best and worst decision making moments, and now I'm wondering what will happen next. I have my "ideal story" in mind and it definitely ends with "happily eternally after", but the pages are mine to write.
As we encounter moments that can change our stories it is important to consider them with the understanding that our manuscripts can be published at any given moment and once they are published, the ending cannot be changed. Be sure that your "moments" support a story line that leads you to heaven!
M indful
O f
M y
E ternity
N ot
T emporary
S atisfaction
love!
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