Your Wonderful Life

It’s that time of year when classic holiday movies are being shown regularly. Foremost among them is It’s A Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey. He runs a bank in the town of Bedford Falls and spends much of his life making sacrifices for other people. After years of sacrificing for others, George finds himself on the brink of financial ruin and intends to take his own life. That is when his guardian angel, Clarence, comes and shows George what the town of Bedford Falls would be like if he had never been born. The contrast is staggering. George realizes what a difference he has made in peoples’ lives.

It’s A Wonderful Life is a fictional story. In our lives, we don’t get to see the way we impact others. We don’t get that glimpse of how our families and schools and offices would be different if we had never existed. But your life does change the story. God placed you in your family and neighborhood because of His plan for your family and neighborhood. You were designed to be who God wanted in your place at this time. Your life is a wonderful life. Not just because you’ve done some good things for others, but because God meant for you to happen right here, right now.