Thursday, November 1, 2001
Thursday, November 1, 2001
I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not
known I
will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into
level ground.
"Does it end happy?" Goldwyn wanted to know.
"Well," said Wilder, "it winds up with the guy in an insane asylum thinking he's a
horse."
Goldwyn threw Wilder out the door. But Wilder wasn't discouraged. He poked his head
back in
and said, "Okay, how about if at the end the guy who thinks he's a horse...goes on to
win the
Kentucky Derby."
We like happy endings. We like to believe that in the end people do live happily ever
after. We
like to imagine a world of love and peace and harmony and compassion for one
another. The way
life ought to be. Unfortunately, reality isn't quite like that.
Life isn't always fair, and people frequently are not reasonable. However, with Christ in
our
hearts, we are never left to suffer alone. And in time, we will find wholeness.
(Isaiah 42:16
NRSV)
We all love happy endings. We like to see life work out. There is a story about
Hollywood
producer Sam Goldwyn. He once listened to director Billy Wilder describe in detail the
true life
story of a famous artist. Wilder thought it would make a great movie.
Dear God, you never promised an easy road, but Christ certainly has made the road a
lot more
bearable. Thank you for the great hope I have in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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