The Game

So I am reading a book, called The Game.  It is a sci-fi type book, not Christian, but I find it very interesting. The premise of the book is that This World called Tygon has come up with this "game" for kids under 18 to play to teach them how they should live their real life. 

"The Game is a virtual reality simulation designed to teach kids about life and the rules of reality, letting them learn and make mistakes in the safety of a computer simulation"  The "Game" lasts until you die inside of it and then you come back to reality. If you earned enough credits by how you lived in the game you can use them to buy back into the game. Hopefully each time living life more purposeful and with wiser choices.While you are in the game you do not know it is a game. It feels like real life, but everyone on Tygon can watch you play the game live on tv. 

The people in the game live on a place called Earth and you soon get the picture that they are trying to plant the idea that all of us,  living today, might all just be part of a big simulated game. 

What is interesting in reading this book is that I wonder, if this life was a game, how would my life be "scored"? Would I be living every moment to the fullest or am I just cruising by doing the everyday life stuff? Would I be one of the players that the people on the outside would want to tune in to watch? 

What would people see if they watched my every moment- would they see someone who said one thing but lived another?  Or someone who genuinely cared about the other people around me?  Someone living to make a difference or someone barely living? 

How about you? How are you living this "Game of Life"?  What would you do differently if you could start over? 

The great thing about this life- is that we don't need to have a do-over. We can make changes and start living now the life we are suppose to be living. Every day is a gift, look for opportunities to become more than you are today. And the best part is that we dont just have to try and do it alone. We have a Heavenly Father, waiting with second and third and fourth chances saying- Dont Give Up, There still is time, yes the "thief's purpose is to steal, kill and destroy... but 

 My purpose is to give life in all its fullness."

                                       John 10:10

Start living accepting the gift of living a FULL LIFE today!