STORYBOOKS

  Your life is a storybook and your life is your story.
   Not only is your storybook about you, it is also about others---people you meet in the story of your life.
   What do others see you doing in your storybook?  What do they hear you saying?  How do others see you acting and reacting to your situations?
   Some people have major roles in your storybook while others are minor players.  Some you love and embrace while others are kept at arm's length.  And there are some that you have erased.
   Your storybook is everything that you are, and every day that you live is another page in your life.
   As you live, you are writing your life's story.  Is every day another exciting entry about your life, or are you simply turning pages?
   Today, think about your storybook and what others are reading about you.  Are you sunshine on a cloudy day, or are you the thunder and lightning?  Do you bring joy, peace, and happiness to others, or do you bring contention, strife, and anger?  How do you treat others in your storybook?
   Beyond this, name the people who have had and have the most influence in your life?  Who are those who have inspired you to reach goals that you thought were unreachable?
   The Holy Bible is also a storybook.  It contains the story about God, but it also contains stories about people:  their agonies, but also their triumphs.  And the most important character in the Holy Bible is the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ.
   In your own storybook, as you live each day, do you have chapters about Christ, or is He one of the people you have erased?