A Life of Mystery - Part 2

Suspense takes work. Sitting on the edge of your seat is not sitting at all, it is the physical act of waiting for something to happen.

I am always entertained by the conversations I have had with those fortunate enough to have life figured out. I am captivated at their ability to take all the mysteries of life and fit them into a simple, easy-to-swallow philosophy. They are willing to extrapolate on many different points and have an explanation for everything. I don't even know how to respond to them.

Never comfortable with easy explanations, I make it my mission to poke holes in these theories. Like a snot-nosed kid with a pellet gun, I start taking shots. "But what if....?" is my favorite question, and I usually start and end with the same version of that question - "but what if you haven't thought of everything?"

There is something exciting about digging down into the unexplainable. I love to get caught up in a situation or idea that leaves me surrounded in unknowns.

It is the difference between that b-level, only at Redbox type of movie and the first time you saw The Sixth Sense. The movies that spell out the ending before the opening credits have finished are the very definition of boredom. The others, the movies that have you literally standing up as the ending presents itself, the ones where you the big guy in the back row yells, "No way!" as you realize what has just taken place....those movies are truly suspenseful.

Life with God is suspenseful. When you have given up on the hope the something bigger is right around the corner, you are staking the claim that God's abilities have found their limit.

Even in the darkest of places there is always another twist in the plot.

Life ought to be lived in those moments where the audience is left breathless...where the suspense of a mysterious God speaks for itself and all we can do is sit in awe.