Life is strange sometimes. Just when you think you have it all figured out…the script changes. Like a play in which you have rehearsed your role but suddenly find that all of the other actors are improving: so you have to join in. The show must go on. The unexpected takes place. Tragedy makes an unwelcome appearance on the stage of existence and the script has to be rewritten. New actors appear, sometimes uninvited, and you have to rewrite the dialogue in order to include them.
Again…the show must go on.
You stop and ask…who’s directing this strange play? Am I? My friends? My relatives? My spouse? My Boss?
I keep making choices, so am I the director? But are my choices simply reactions to what the other actors are doing? Am I following the right script? Who did these rewrites? Wait…is it time to improv again?
Then the scene changes, and more actors appear. But the script they are using doesn’t sound like the one I was just in. This feels like a different play all together. New director? Maybe. But who is it? Who is controlling the action on the stage? I thought I was, but I couldn’t be. I would not write this. But I must read my lines, play my part. The show must go on.
The show sometimes makes me tired. It feels that each scene requires a different role. But I am just one actor. Sometimes all of the other actors behave as if they are the directors. Could they be? Could I be reading the script they wrote for me. If so…it does not feel right. But, my improvs and rewrites aren’t much better.
Oh wait…now I hear the voice. It must be the director. He just said, “Cut”. Good time for a break. He’s motioning to me. I think He wants to talk to me. Just a minute, the show will have to wait. The director wants some time with me. I’ll be right back.
Ok…how long was I gone? It felt like hours and just for a moment. But, I am ready to get back on the stage. The director assured me that He wrote the script and He is directing all of the action. There are many who are trying to rewrite what He wrote for me, but as long as I listen to His direction…the show will go on. He told me not to worry. He has it under control. Just do my best with the lines He has given and He’ll keep directing me into the next scene. Some scenes feel like a tragedy; some like a comedy. There is even some action, mystery and romance. But he weaves them all into the story He has written for my life.
He also said not to worry if the other actors seem to go off script, because they have their own. Some of them are listening to the director and some are not. What is important, He said, was that I love them, treat them well, and follow the script…or scripture He has given me. Keep inviting them into the play I have written He told me.
So, off I go into the next scene of life. So glad the Director has it all under control. Oh wait, I think He’s calling you. Go ahead, listen to what He says; He wrote the script and makes it all make sense.
See you on the stage.
