Jetman: more than just an addiction, its life.

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Giving credit where credit is due.. Greg Reich, thank you for the topic suggestion.

I'm sure most of my readers (and by readers, i mean the 5 of you) are most likely connected in the world 'o Facebook. And as we all know, there is a little game on FB called 'Jetman.' Now, in case a new reader, unfamiliar with this internet addiction, is reading the blog, let me explain..(there are alot of commas in that last sentence) JETMAN: you control a little man, or a variety of other characters, up and down and clicking your mouse to propel him up, and release the mouse to make him fall. You fly in a cavern of sorts over or under a continuous series of blockades. The farther you can go, the more points you get. If you hit a blockade, a small explosion occurs and you die and must start over. You can challenge your friends to a 'duel' where one person starts, and the other has the beat that score.

Now, as greg had pointed out to me earlier, I believe this game can be loosely interpreted as a view of life, especially our spiritual lives. We coast along somewhere between these two worlds of heaven and hell and try to do the best we can. We attempt to dodge or refrain from as many obstacles as possible.. but often these blockades are hard to miss. Sometimes these obstacles/temptations even become attractive looking... in the game, you sometimes get as close as possible to these blockades to best setup for the next one. In life, sometimes, even though we know they are out to destroy us, these hindrances have a way of becoming desirable. We often try to get as close as possible without getting hurt.. often seeing just how close we can get, and experiencing the thrill of escape. But its not always the case... often we find that getting too close causes us to 'crash' into these temptations. We give in and what happens...we got burned. Guilt, shame, frustration, etc fill our minds and often feel as though we lose the progress we've made. We are forced to start again.. I think we often forget that by ourselves, we couldn't even play this game. It is only because of the jetpack strapped to our backs that makes it even possible. Same with our spiritual lives, they aren't even possible on our own. We are being carried and sustained by something completely separate.. Jesus Christ. He is the only reason we are in this spot anyways. Because of his 'crazy-mouse-clicking skills', we are able to avoid every blockade in life.. we have the potential to 'play this game' until the end..no starting over, no crashing, no burning, none of that.. He has every ability to sustain us to the end. Now, sadly because of our human nature, never having these incidents isn't possible. But it should be our mindset.. and our goal in life. Let God control the jetpack, quit thinking you can play the game without it...its not possible. PERIOD. Let God, and you'll have a high score to brag about :)

just random thoughts from a random guy.. love -ryan