The Wizard of Oz

Ever seen the movie, The Wizard of OZ? (I'm assuming yes.) The most memorable line in the movie is "There's no place like home." The funny thing is, that doesn't make any sense. Home is the black-and-white place where you feel like no one understands you, and some witch wants to kill your dog. But Oz is high-tech color with a good Witch to protect you. Sure Oz has its faults (poppy fields and flying monkeys), but there are people you meet along the way to help you through. The Wizard of OZ takes us through the journey of life. We are faced with challenges, and we are seeking things. The Tin man wants a heart, the Lion wants courage, the Scarecrow wants a brain, and Dorthy wants to be home. The movie teaches us an important underlying lesson. As we journey through life everything we truly want to be, we already are. At the end of the day the Tin man always had a heart, the Lion always had courage, the scarecrow always had a brain, and Dorthy was always home. The characters of the movie had to go see Wizard to learn that. Lucky for us, we don't have to go to Oz. God gives us everything we need to be who we want to be. He sends wonderful people into our lives to help us discover, inside of us, everything we've ever wanted to be. All we have to do is let God in. Through God we will discover the extent of all our deepest and truest desires. Just like Dorthy, we can't do it alone, and just like her friends, we need someone much wiser to make us believe it. (that would be God is case you didn't catch on.) Life isn't a struggle to get what we want or be a certain person; it's a struggle to understand who and what we already have/are. *Special thanks to Dawson's Creek for planting the Wizard of Oz seed in my head*