James Garner was one of my favorite actors as I was growing up. He liked to gamble, and I just had to learn how to gamble at cards at a young age. There was a teenager five years older than I was, and he taught me all the different card games. At the time, I believed him to be Maverick.
Strange isn’t it, how actors had such an influence on our young lives. Dean Martin could have a cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other, and an arm around a girl at the same time. Yes, I wanted to be like him also, but as hard as I tried, I just never could get a handle on all of that as well as Dean did.
“All the World’s a Stage” was written by William Shakespeare. That sounds good. However, like TV programs and the aforementioned actors, it’s a world of make-believe. If you would like to be in direct contact with the real world, open the Bible. This book contains the history of life’s reality. From the narratives contained in its pages, you can get a real understanding of what part you are to play in life’s drama.
Colossians 3:23-24
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
If you are going to play a part in what God wants to do, study those who have gone on before.
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
You were made for the part, play it well.
Give it some thought.
Gary