rdained

raise

by udy ogers

1991-ANew Year-A fresh time for change

What follows in summary form is the story of

"The

Time of My Life", a musical written by Becky

Morecraft and Judy Rogers four yearS ago. The play

was beautifully performed by 75 students ofChalcedon

Christian School with songs taken from Why Can't I

See God and Walkin' Wise.

Andy Anderson was a boy who desperately needed a

major change, but hadgrown quite indifferent to all the

good Christian teaching

of his childhood. His parents

thought everything was fine until a typical Wednesday

night rolled around and Andy, insensitive to the usual

prayer meeting schedule, casually asked his dad to

borrow the car.

"Don't

you know what night this is?"

his dad asked. "Yeah, whined Andy, it's church night,

but me and the guys have other plans." "Son, I know

whatitis to be young and- "Forget it, Dad I'mnot

into this church thing like you and Mom I 'myoung

I wanna have fun ", and he sulked out of the room

slamming the door emphatically behind him.

Mr. &Mrs. Anderson stared at each other indisbelief.

what had happened to their little boy who used to sing

"Jesus Loves Me" and who had prayed for the world to

be saved?"

Andy wa1kedoutside and began his pity party. "Nobody

understands " he mumbled. Soon a strange little

character comes streaking up on roller skates. "I'm

Father Time", he said cheerfully.

"And I've come to

show you where you've been so you

can know where

you're going " So FatherTime took Andy back to the

beginning of time and showed him

how God made all

things perfectly and how man

got

away from God

t h r o u h s i n ~

He showecj

him

Davig

( 's ( , f1 itl1ful

shepherd boy, Josiah the young king, and Jesus' death

on the cross for him. Andy began to understand the

great sacrifice of Jesus for the first time. Then they

traveled

on

to the days of the Scottish martyrs and he

saw one of his own ancestors, as a young boy his age,

being put to death for the sake of Jesus. Andy is now

deeply moved and he asked Father Time why this had

to happen. "Because Andy the blood of the martyrs is

the seed of he church." Next Andy saw Martin Luther

nail his 95 theses on the Wittenburg chapel door and he

remembered studying about it in history class. "What

an example, he thought, "one man not afraid to stand

alone "

Suddenly Andy is transported to the year 1952. The

young man in this particular scenario is wearing Levi's

and a leather jacket pulled up around his neck and as

he threw his greased hair back Andy gasped, "It's my

Dad I; He

sees his young

Dad

being tempted to follow

a sleazy looking young girl into an X-ratedjoint and he

shouts urgently, ''No Dad Don'tgoin Please, Dad "

He

sees this young man strugglingwith the evil powers

ofsin and Satan but at last, as though he hears Andys'

cries, he walks quickly away-never

to return

"0,

Father Time, you've showedme so much Things

I knew inmy head but didn't have rooted in my heart.

I see now that my Dad was young and he does

understand I wanna go home. 0 , thank you Thank

you, Father Time "

Andy returns home (onlyhalfan hour

ofearth time has

passed) and tells breathlessly

to his wide-eyed parents

what has happened. They're grateful to God that the

prodigal has come home

Do you have children like Andy? Maybe you're there

yourself-spiritually weak, self-centered, overcome

with temptation? There is hope for

change-a

time to

"begin again". By the power of God's

Spirit you can

see your new years "resolutions" to be stronger for

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Christ and

His

Kingdom

come true, i you

persevere in prayer daily

and put

to death

deeds of he flesh. You can start in 1991 to have

the

"time

of your life "

I l l [ e r c ~ as recorded on Walkin

Wise" is

Andy's

Song:

I

Time-from the beginning,

The Tiille

of

My Life

, . '· 1

'Fining the moments and-days > h

I have

It lifetime before me '

And I win take the time

thattemains

And I will praise the God of alI ages

For giving the meaning to life

And

by

God's grace-

My moment in history

Will help to build the Kingdom of Christ

And I 'm having the time of my life

Making the

most

of

every moment

knowing the future lies before me

Living today to bring God glory

and

I 'm having

the time

of

my life

Knowing

my times

are

in his hands

And

with the saints who've gone before

me-

on His Word I stand >

For from Him, and

through Him,

And to Him

are

All things

To

Him be the glory

forever and ever, Amen Q

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