The Director

I've had the privilege of being an extra in the television show "Longmire" the past two summers. For those of you that don't know of this show, I highly recommend watching it. It's a modern-day Western/ Crime show, set in Wyoming. It's filmed, however, in New Mexico (which is how I fell into being an extra in the show.) I am a natural-born performer, and have always been interested in all things film and television. I was in theater in high school, minored in filmed studies in college.... I just love it. All of it.

Anyway, as I was watching the film crew "make magic" the other day, I couldn't help but draw a religious parallel. (I can do a religious reading of just about anything. This is no lie. Just ask my Children's Lit or Film Studies professors.) I guess that's just the way my mind works, but hey, I'm not complaining.

I thought to myself, "If my life is a movie, what role(s) does God play in it?" Here is what I came up with so far:

As far as film production goes, it's a given that God is the director. Just as He is "the author and perfecter of our faith," just as He writes our story, He - in the same manner - directs our movie. The director has the ultimate vision. He has a plan and an exact idea of what He wants, even if no one else is able to see it. Just as the director knows what will look best on screen, the Lord knows what is best for each of us, and plans accordingly. His plans may not be evident to us, but we have faith that He will create a masterpiece, because He has never disappointed us before. As the director, God can guide us and direct us to ensure we give our best performance here on Earth. He even gives us unlimited merciful "takes," when we mess up our lines - aka when we fail Him. He is the overall seer of our lives.

In the actual movie, God would play the leading role. There's a line from a movie I always think of that says something about being "the leading lady in my own life." I love that line, but then I think to myself "Huh uh. In my life, in my movie, I am not the lead." I'm sorry, but I'm not. God is the Lord of my life and only HE is magnificent enough to be the lead in my movie. It's funny, because regarding performing, I love to be the center of attention. I love the feeling of being on stage or being the one making everyone laugh in a group setting. Away from that, though - and especially pertaining to religion - I HATE being in the limelight. I honestly want all attention to be on God. If anyone sees good in me, I want the credit to go to God - the source of all good. "My life" is so much bigger than just the time I have on Earth, and God is and will always, eternally, be the star and the true God of my life - my entire life. What I'm trying to say, I guess, is my life isn't actually my life at all. It belongs to God and will forevermore. He is the true star of my movie; He is the true star of every movie and everything.

And finally, I think it is important to remember that God is also the film critic. I wanted to think of some post-production metaphor and couldn't come up with anything, but I think this works better, anyway. It's so true! God is the judge of our lives, and only Him. He decides if we were good, bad, or ugly. ( <--- data-blogger-escaped--="" data-blogger-escaped-a="" data-blogger-escaped-and="" data-blogger-escaped-be="" data-blogger-escaped-best="" data-blogger-escaped-br="" data-blogger-escaped-christ="" data-blogger-escaped-do="" data-blogger-escaped-done="" data-blogger-escaped-ell="" data-blogger-escaped-every="" data-blogger-escaped-faithful="" data-blogger-escaped-for="" data-blogger-escaped-get="" data-blogger-escaped-god="" data-blogger-escaped-good="" data-blogger-escaped-him.="" data-blogger-escaped-imperative="" data-blogger-escaped-in="" data-blogger-escaped-is="" data-blogger-escaped-it="" data-blogger-escaped-kind="" data-blogger-escaped-life="" data-blogger-escaped-like="" data-blogger-escaped-live="" data-blogger-escaped-loving.="" data-blogger-escaped-must="" data-blogger-escaped-our="" data-blogger-escaped-perform="" data-blogger-escaped-pleasing="" data-blogger-escaped-read:="" data-blogger-escaped-review="" data-blogger-escaped-s="" data-blogger-escaped-servant.="" data-blogger-escaped-so="" data-blogger-escaped-strive="" data-blogger-escaped-that="" data-blogger-escaped-this="" data-blogger-escaped-to="" data-blogger-escaped-unto="" data-blogger-escaped-way.="" data-blogger-escaped-we="" data-blogger-escaped-when="" data-blogger-escaped-why="" data-blogger-escaped-will="">
That's a wrap.

-becca