In the Script

Ecc 7:29  Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have 
sought out many inventions. 

	How beautiful the script for his life and how wonderful his conception and 
birth. Now, if only that script could be followed and that beauty preserved. There is, 
however, this natural tendency for additions and addendums to be added to what 
had been perfect in its original state. It's like there is this continual offering of 
alternate scripts, some of which are chosen and some of which are purposefully 
rejected. That heavenly written document, though, that had described a rather 
enjoyable and prosperous existence is obscured by these other ill-conceived and 
poorly written attempts at life direction. Layered over the perfection is the story line 
that leads to a very disappointing ending. 
	In viewing certain suspenseful movies, such as the Indiana Jones or the MI 
series, there is a tendency to trust that, even though there is this impossible scenario 
facing Dr. Jones, such as an impassable ravine or host of adversaries, he will 
somehow make it through all the way to the end of the story successfully. He, of 
course, has to- it's in the script. And, one can be assured that even though the 
mission is impossible that Tom Cruise will find some far-fetched and extravagant 
way to accomplish the unthinkable and end up with the woman and a smile on his 
face. There really is no option- it's in the script. Wouldn't it be interesting, though, if 
there was an attempt at a movie where the actors got to come up with their own 
scripts for each scene? Surely there would be a quite different result, whether 
successful or not. There is no way it could ever be just like the original direction of 
the screenplay. The hero might not be able to really come up with even an 
unbelievable route through the firefight or the scorching desert. It's really not the 
part of the actor to come up with the direction in the middle of the production. There 
is most frequently a great dependence upon what has been written way before the 
actors were cast or the sets constructed. 
	There really is a design for each of our lives that has continuity and purpose in 
each of its phases and scenes. This script has been written and recorded far before we 
came along to act the part for which we were chosen. Though it is waiting to be read 
and followed at any point in life, there are a plethora of competing options that have 
often been sought out instead. Though the perfection that was meant for all of life 
may have been compromised somewhat by these other 'inventions', there is a 
wonderful aspect of the master script that makes way for its reintroduction at any 
point in the production. And, our Master script writer has the ability to take all those 
alternate choices and use them for a story line that leads to a victorious and 
gratifying conclusion, no matter when His way is chosen. His right way is one that 
can take everything that was written for destruction and failure and turn it into a 
story of redemption. For all who return to His script the chasm will be traversed, the 
mountain ascended, and the fall landed without mishap. There really is no option- 
it's in the script. 
	
11/13/06