You
may be wondering what the letters in the title of this post stand for. Perhaps
you already know what it is. I learned it in a movie that I watched during the
weekend called In His Steps. Apparently
it is a common abbreviation known by Christians. However, I would like to know
how many Christians do know what it stands for. Any ideas up to here?
The
movie In His Steps tells the story of
a widowed carpenter who tries to help a boy who burned and trashed the parish
church. The boy is going through a tough time in his life with the separation
of his parents and his really hard teenage years where he decides to quit
school and moves in with Mr. Otto (the carpenter) who helps him work his life
out. The boy also helps Mr. Otto carve the wood that the boy had destroyed so
they can be replaced. This is when he is taught W.W.J.D.? It is a simple question
that Mr. Otto makes him promise to ask himself before each decision he has to
make or each act that he is going to make: What would Jesus do?
It
is a heartwarming film which I recommend to everyone Christian or not.
So
now you know what the abbreviation stands for. It seems to be such a simple
question to ask, doesn´t it? Deep down inside, it is very hard to answer this
question. Let´s look at an example from the movie. The boy in the movie decides
to quit school. Being that the movie takes place in the US, it is possible for
a teenager to quit school at sixteen. Therefore, he can even though it really
upsets his parents. After all you only have another year to go before you
graduate from high school so why would someone take the easy road out and drop
out? However, when he asks himself W.W.J.D.?, he gets confused and answers that
there weren´t school at Jesus´s time. Right he is. He thinks about the
situation a bit more and then decides that Jesus would not have quit school if
there were school at the time.
In
conclusion, what if we all asked ourselves the question: W.W.J.D.? Perhaps the
world would be a better place to live in. Perhaps people would be kinder to one
another. Perhaps people would be more honest in their jobs, lives, towards
others.
Why
not give it a try. Next time you find yourself in a decision making situation,
ask yourself: W.W.J.D.?
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