Would You Like a Phenomenal Ending to Your Story?

“Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions”. . .

. . .“Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten”  

~"Unwritten", by Natasha Bedingfield

A blank page offers endless opportunity.  A blank page in front of you, pen in your hand, provides a way for any story to unfold.  A blank page could fill with drama, love, anger, sadness, tragedy, etc.  If you hold the pen, you hold the power.

Have you ever held extreme passion for a goal in life?  Have you ever poured every bit of your being into a plan?  Have you ever taken on a chapter in your story as though you were the hero?  Have you ever found yourself at the end of a chapter in destruction due to what decisions the previous pages contained? 

PUT DOWN THE PEN, MY FRIENDS.  The lyrics from “Unwritten” may need a little adjustment in my opinion.  Live your life with arms wide open toward God.  Today could be where your book begins; BUT, the rest is not necessarily unwritten.  A blank page does not necessarily exist each day.  Plus, just a side note. . .if I opened a dirty window, I do not believe the sun would illuminate anything but a whole lot of nasty that requires a soap and rag!  :-)

What if we approached each day with eyes focused on pages and pages filled with directions from God?  What if we put down the pen and released the pressure of writing an acceptable story?  What if we let go and let God?

³⁰As for God, his way is perfect:
    The Lord’s word is flawless;
    he shields all who take refuge in him.  Psalm 18:30

²³The Lord makes firm the steps
    of the one who delights in him;
²⁴ though he may stumble, he will not fall,
    for the Lord upholds him with his hand.  Psalm 37:23-24

My dear friends, He is the ultimate Author, Creator and Savior.  He knows exactly the plans for each day that will fulfill your purpose here on Earth.  He knows each sentence that will lead to an ending of, “Well done good and faithful servant.”  Avoid years of writing the wrong story.  Avoid draining all your energy trying to fit in another’s story.  You have your own story, page after page of direction all laid out to follow.  Seek your Author.  Put down the pen.  I assure you, when looking back upon each page written by God, you will fill with praise and thanksgiving. 

¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.  Psalm 139:16

Release your inhibitions!  AT THE CROSS!  It is there you will find peace, comfort, joy and purpose.  He will take all the pages in the past written by the wrong authors and turn them into a miraculous ministry leading to a phenomenal ending to your story!

Staring at filled page before you, face this day in confidence that God will fulfill the promises written!  Have a blessed day.

 A NEW Day!  Will you hand over the pen? 

Live life. . .One Day at a time! 

Sheree Craig