Stories and Adventures

I was watching L.O.T.R., Fellowship of the Ring, disc 2, not the whole thing, but I had to watch a little something before the break was over. And I was thinking as I was watching the scene where the Fellowship was in Moria (if you don't know what that is I'm not going to take the time to explain it) and they're trying to escape, after battling a Cave troll, and a small army of orcs and Frodo almost dies. As they come out a HUGE army of orcs crawl out from everyone there are probably thousands and hundreds of orcs against nine people. All of a sudden, the orcs run away, and the Balrog comes. The Balrog, is not a guy you wanna mess with, you're chance of winning against him, is like one thousand million to none. So they run away from him, but he follows them. Then Gandalf does his "You cannot pass!" scene and Balrog fall down into the giant abyss, not before taking Gandalf with him. So everyone else on the Fellowship is crying that Gandalf is "dead". I bet, that if they could've they would've asked J.R.R. Tolkien "What are you doing with our story?" However, Tolkien, as the author, knew exactly what he was doing because in The Two Towers, Gandlaf comes back more powerful than ever, if he wouldn't have fell down, none of that would've happen.
Basically, what it all comes down to is this, the author knows what they're doing. Whatever they do, they do for the benefit of their characters and the story. The way they weave the events and by the end you're thinking, "They know what they're doing." The same goes for our author, God.
Sometimes we ask, "God, What ARE you doing?" and he says, "Wait till you get to the end." And when we do we say, "Oh yeah, you knew what you were doing the whole time!" DUH!!!!
Sometimes we might even want to write the story ourselves, and well, our writing sucks compared to what God can do with our story.
Or we might even be like Frodo (or Sam I can't remember who said it, but I know it's in their somewhere) and say, "What kind of adventure have I got myself into?" Our story can look so bleak and seem so unhappy next to the Fairy Tales we see in other people, but we need to remember, that the author knows what he's doing. He's got a plot, so amazing for us, that all ties up at the end with no stupid ending. (unless you're one of those people who've won Darwin Awards)
When my sister was home we discussed, that most stories begin with someone leaving town, or coming to town. Well, your own adventure starts when Jesus comes into your life. It can be rough, some parts you won't like and you might want to skip them. Others parts you'll want to revisit, but won't be able to, some might not even make sense, but it'll all be worth it. God is the best author out there, and he "works all things together for good." You just need to remember to trust your author, and if you do your story will have a "Happily ever after" ending.

P.S. God is also the most imaginative and creative author EVER because not only did he write every one's story, but also wrote the stories that everyone wrote. For example he wrote J.R.R. Tolkien's story AND gave Tolkien the gift of writing L.O.T.R. it was all his idea, every single story out there! Pretty cool, eh?