Paul’s Blog: Not All About Rabbits

I watched a film the other day when i was visiting my parents called ‘Its a Wonderful Life’. Its an old black and white film but they story is nice. Aridhi tells me that the story of it is very similar to a book she read too.

What it made me think of is what effect do I have on the world and people around me? In the film the main character, George gets to see what his town would be like if he had never existed. If I had never existed would things be better or worse overall? How do we know what is the right choice or the right thing to do to make things better?
I believe that by seeking God and learning his ways, then life will be as good as it can be. In the film George seems to instictively do the right thing, or sometimes he is forced into it, but he always make the right choice of the options he has. Even though he is frustrated because he feels that his own dreams have not come about he continues to do right (Until he has his breakdown at which point God helps him in answer to prayer). George realises in the end that he has more than enough to make him happy, and also all the good he has done outweighs what he has suffered, and to make a happy ending everyone in the town comes to help him and they show their appreciation for what he has done for them.

Things will not ever be exactly how we want them, whether we follow God or not, but we can be sure that since God is the ultimate wisdom and he loves us, then following him and learning his ways will help us to choose much better in the choices we have in life.

Who can we learn from to help us make good decisions? If we say the world is in a bad state then why is it like that? Should we take advice from society when we know the result already. God promises a better way