On the sixth day, man created God in his own image. Now it’s up to us to figure it all out. Right… wrong…good…evil. In each of us is the capacity to decide what drives our actions. So what is it that makes some choose selflessness–the need to devote one self to something greater–while others know only self-interest, isolating themselves in a world of their own making? Some seek love even if requieted, while others are driven by fear and betrayal. There are those who see their choices as dark proof of God’s absence, while others follow a path of noble destiny. But in the end, good, evil, right or wrong, what we choose is never what we really need. For that is the ultimate cosmic joke…the real gift that God has left behind.
Pretty good, huh? This seems like it could be an opening to a sermon about choices. It would tie well into a message centered around our disillusion that things can bring us fulfillment, and that true fulfillment is only found in an intimate relationship with God. It would work well, but that’s not where it came from. It came from the opening of one of the most popular TV shows in our country, Heroes. I found this on Tim Stevens’ blog, very interesting. Another example of how our society is asking the right questions and longing for answers.