My family and I watched BedTime Stories starring Adam Sandler last night, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I know it came out some time ago, but since I can count on one hand the number of movies I have seen since having children, seeing any movie at all (even late) is pretty impressive. The premise of the movie is that Skeeter (Adam Sandler) is watching his niece and nephew for a week while their mother is job hunting in another state. Skeeter and the kiddos tell bedtime stories each evening, which amazingly come true for Skeeter the next day. Skeeter soon learns that it is the kids who control the stories (and therefore his life) and so he tries to work the system, telling tales that paint successful and happy outcomes to his rather mundane life.
I love the idea behind this movie - that essentially we are in control of the happenings of our lives. Since her entry into this world, I have told my 4 year old, "If you can dream it you can do it!" I believe this with all of my being. I think the biggest obstacle in life is just seeing yourself the way you want to be - happy, successful, productive. Once we can visualize ourselves being the people God has created us to be, then anything is possible!
In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 9 verse 11-13, right after sharing the words to the what we now call the Lord's prayer, Jesus shares these words with his disciples: "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" In BedTime Stories, Skeeter finds out the stories always unfold as they were told, but not always in the literal way we might expect. A life lived for God will always turn out to be successful and beautiful - but it might not look the way we first crafted them to be.
In this day, let us dream - dream of a day, a week, a year, a lifetime of love and happiness lived in and for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for
a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" 
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