Trust and No Waiting for Tomorrow

Trust is a funny thing. I trust my mom – I trust her with my life – but sometimes when she’s driving things get a little crazy. I grip the safety handle and grab my heart and say “WHAT are you DOING?” She looks at me and replies, “I’ve been driving longer than you’ve been alive. Relax!”


This is similar to my trust in God. I’m a willing passenger in the vehicle of my life and I’ve gladly let Him take the wheel, but every now and then crazy stuff starts to happen. I grab the dashboard and grip the seatbelt and say “WHAT are you DOING?” He looks at me and replies, “I’ve been God since the beginning. Can’t you trust my driving?”


So there you have it. I trust God – I trust Him with my entire life, this one and the next – but my trust in Him must be greater than my trust in my mother’s driving abilities. Every day my trust must grow tall like a tree, strong like an ox, deep like the sea. I cannot let my trust stay as such a dismal level. An infant has more trust in its soulless, inanimate pacifier than I have in our soulful, living God. Why!?


There is no waiting for tomorrow. This is not a diet plan I’ll pick up after the holidays. This is not a paper or email or task I’ll put off ‘til the afternoon. My trust in God is strengthened right now, and every moment preceding this will be all the more peaceful because of it. Amen.

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Update on "Idea 3"

In response to Axis' presentations in chapel last week, i've edited the ending of "Idea 3" from my last blog entry. I'd like very much to show a more hopeful and pro-active view in response to evil. WE ARE NOT ALONE in this this battle. That is a fact, therefore i will state that fact by including a third major character - a common hero.

This common hero will notice the chase scene as others look at the floor or ignore it completely. She (not he) will literally drop what she's doing to go help the victim being chased down. The victim will be caught by the kidnapper and struggle, but she is not strong enough alone to defeat him. Good thing the common hero comes from behind and pwns the kidnapper in the face with a good-sized branch (or something of the like).

This is the general idea. I'll work out the details as i continue to storyboard and write.

In addition, i would like the victim and common hero to part ways in the end. They separate as human beings on each other's side, not as instant best friends. I'll slip a shot in there of the common hero dialing 911 and then walking away, but the main focus of the end will be the two women's eye contact. I want their look to display these thoughts: thank you and your welcome.

That's all so far. Ideas, comments, questions, concerns? Leave me a message :) Thanks.

Peace.

 - T