Revelation 20:12

"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works."
Revelation 20:12


I think that most of you know that I like the analogy of our lives as a story... this is interesting because it talks about the book of life... that we are literally writing a book as we live, and all of the things that we do go into this book, and that is how we are judged after death.  We control the plot, and most of the ending.  We might not control the setting or the other characters, but we certainly control our actions and interactions as we write our lives.  Somehow when you step back and look at our whole lives compressed into a book like that, our day to day stressors seem incredibly trivial.  The bad day or the depressing turn of events isn't anything compared to the epic saga of life itself... of the underlying themes of man and his own nature... and taking a stand in the universal struggles of good and evil. :)  As an aside, I think that is why we need good fiction in our lives.  Because it reminds us that most of what we deal with on a daily basis ISN'T the reality.  It is the bigger questions... the nature of man, the forces of good... the path of the hero... it is those things that matter, and not merely what time you need to get up in the morning or remembering to brush your teeth.  Obviously, we still need to brush our teeth... but hopefully, after that, we can go out today and make our story great.