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01/30/2014

My Thoughts

In the Broadway play 'Wicked' there is a song called 'Thanks Goodness'. It's the time of the play where the characters realize their dreams and expectations of life aren't going to play out like they planned. Life can't be lived out in a simply happy way. Glinda sings:

That's why I couldn't be happier
No, I couldn't be happier
Though it is, I admit
The tiniest bit
Unlike I anticipated
But I couldn't be happier
Simply couldn't be happier
(spoken) Well - not 'simply':
(sung) 'Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of a cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed
And if that joy, that thrill
Doesn't thrill you like you think it will

The problem with Glinda is that she has been pretending that her dreams are coming true when, in fact, just the opposite is happening. At this point she's realizing that just because she wants something to happen doesn't make it so.

Are you happy in your life? Have you been pretending that your dreams are coming true or are you to opposite, living a life of depression because your life is the farthest thing from having your dreams come true? Either way I plead of you not to allow your circumstances in this life form your happiness. Let your happiness swell from the joy in your heart knowing that you are eternally forgiven, not because of your good deeds or your good looks, but because Jesus took it upon himself to pay for our reconciliation to God. Put your trust in Christ and you will not be disappointed eternally. All the other thrills and happy times will end with you realizing they don't thrill you like you think they will. Anyone else will be disappointed when they die and their happiness ends when they are laid to rest on this earth, but those who put their trust in Jesus will find their joy will never end.

Love,
Dad