Change Stars

For whatever reason, the line from Knight’s Tale has popped in my thoughts, “Can a man change his stars.” This asked by a boy some seven years old, to his dad a thatcher. The dad says yes as he hands his son off to a Knight. Without continuing the story line let me simply bring out an observation. The dad was willing to give up custody of his son for his son’s future to be changed. What are we willing to give up for our future to look different than our past or the past of those that have shaped and molded us. True there are parts of our heritage and training that require no change, but I dare say we each have components of our lives that if changed our future would be as different as a thatcher and a knight.

Do not get caught up in the “class” mentality nor the “us and them” syndrome. Simply allow yourself to ask how far, what depths would I go to “change my stars.” From a fisherman to a fisher of men or from Pharisee to apostle to the Gentiles! What might be the result of putting my life in the custody of God and fully learning His ways?