Yesterday I went to a play with my school. Everyone had filled out permission slips but no information as to what the play was about was given. It wasn't very far from our school so all the students snaked their way along the sidewalk to the theater.
We sat in the rows of seats before a stage and soon the lights were dimmed and the play began. The opening scene was a girl complaining about being made fun of in high school. Then suddenly she was meeting a leader of a freak show. The freak show claimed her as their own even though she was reluctant. I thought this was just another bullying campaign activity or something, then it got a little weird. There was a cage on the back of the stage and inside it was a highschooler dressed in yellow shaking around, the freaks told her never to open the cage but didn't tell her why. The freaks reveal to her that they were made fun of too and that they killed themselves because they were so depressed. Then they reveal that the girl had killed herself. I was starting to question how this was "educational" at all (and if the play writer was sane when the play was written) but I kept watching. This lady tells her that things happen based on decisions you make and this is the fate the freaks chose and that once your life is over that's all you have. The lady told her that (for some reason) she was given a second chance. Then the freaks unlocked the cage and they set the boy free. I later learned that the boy represented hope. Anyway, the master of the freaks found out and got really mad, the freaks blamed the girl for setting it free. I didn't get that part. Then they boy known as hope comes back on stage and takes the girls hand, they exit the stage. The end.
The more I thought about the play, the more I didn't like it. There are a lot of teens like that without hope, and they aren't going to find it from going to a freakshow afterlife. There is hope, but the only way to find it is through Jesus. Having a relationship with God gives us a reason to live and to make something of our lives. The reason for teen suicide is that they don't know what to do with their lives. They think it wouldn't matter if they went missing. That no one would care. So they think that there is no use in living. Jesus said in John 16:33 "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (NIV)
Jesus doesn't say "It's all going to be fine, it's just hormones", he says that you will have trouble. God has a plan for you, a reason for you to live. Gods plan for all of us is to be in a relationship with Him and to witness so others will be able to know Him too. It's a journey that is different for every one of us. Without God my life would be pointless. Jesus says in John 15:4, "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."(NIV) Walking with God is definitely hard, but it's definitely worth it. So take heart. Jesus overcame the world. So can you.
We sat in the rows of seats before a stage and soon the lights were dimmed and the play began. The opening scene was a girl complaining about being made fun of in high school. Then suddenly she was meeting a leader of a freak show. The freak show claimed her as their own even though she was reluctant. I thought this was just another bullying campaign activity or something, then it got a little weird. There was a cage on the back of the stage and inside it was a highschooler dressed in yellow shaking around, the freaks told her never to open the cage but didn't tell her why. The freaks reveal to her that they were made fun of too and that they killed themselves because they were so depressed. Then they reveal that the girl had killed herself. I was starting to question how this was "educational" at all (and if the play writer was sane when the play was written) but I kept watching. This lady tells her that things happen based on decisions you make and this is the fate the freaks chose and that once your life is over that's all you have. The lady told her that (for some reason) she was given a second chance. Then the freaks unlocked the cage and they set the boy free. I later learned that the boy represented hope. Anyway, the master of the freaks found out and got really mad, the freaks blamed the girl for setting it free. I didn't get that part. Then they boy known as hope comes back on stage and takes the girls hand, they exit the stage. The end.
The more I thought about the play, the more I didn't like it. There are a lot of teens like that without hope, and they aren't going to find it from going to a freakshow afterlife. There is hope, but the only way to find it is through Jesus. Having a relationship with God gives us a reason to live and to make something of our lives. The reason for teen suicide is that they don't know what to do with their lives. They think it wouldn't matter if they went missing. That no one would care. So they think that there is no use in living. Jesus said in John 16:33 "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (NIV)
Jesus doesn't say "It's all going to be fine, it's just hormones", he says that you will have trouble. God has a plan for you, a reason for you to live. Gods plan for all of us is to be in a relationship with Him and to witness so others will be able to know Him too. It's a journey that is different for every one of us. Without God my life would be pointless. Jesus says in John 15:4, "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."(NIV) Walking with God is definitely hard, but it's definitely worth it. So take heart. Jesus overcame the world. So can you.
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