There was a TV show that was on a few years back called
“Whose Line is it Anyway?” with Wayne Brady among other actors. For
today, I just want to borrow that title for an important quote. Have you
ever heard this statement: “Whatever comes our way; whatever battle we have
raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us
who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right”?
Some of you know these words right away, for others this is perhaps the first time you've ever heard them. For those of you that don't know this quotation, who do you think said it? Whose line is it anyway? Maybe you are thinking a Christian writer like Max Lucado said it, but that's not so. The surprising answer is that these words came from the mouth of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in Spider-Man 3.
Spider-Man 3 is one of those ‘love it or hate it’ movies. I happen to be one of those people who love it, but there are those who don’t. If that’s you, I would ask that don't think about the movie itself, instead think about the words that I just quoted to you (pretend it really is a Max Lucado statement).
The reality is we all make the choice every day in thousands of ways if we are going to do the right thing or the wrong thing. If this simple quote has had the impact on you that it has had on me, I want to encourage you to keep it with you as a reminder. Here are those words again:
“Whatever comes our way; whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.”
Kevin Bauer
Some of you know these words right away, for others this is perhaps the first time you've ever heard them. For those of you that don't know this quotation, who do you think said it? Whose line is it anyway? Maybe you are thinking a Christian writer like Max Lucado said it, but that's not so. The surprising answer is that these words came from the mouth of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in Spider-Man 3.
Spider-Man 3 is one of those ‘love it or hate it’ movies. I happen to be one of those people who love it, but there are those who don’t. If that’s you, I would ask that don't think about the movie itself, instead think about the words that I just quoted to you (pretend it really is a Max Lucado statement).
The reality is we all make the choice every day in thousands of ways if we are going to do the right thing or the wrong thing. If this simple quote has had the impact on you that it has had on me, I want to encourage you to keep it with you as a reminder. Here are those words again:
“Whatever comes our way; whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.”
Kevin Bauer
(1 Peter 3:17)
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