Yeah, that pixelated bird that can’t even flap properly.
- This.
Initially I thought it would be about getting the bird into the pipes, you know like Mario. Well because the pipes look exactly like Mario. Only to find out that the point of the game was to get the bird across without hitting the pipes. Lo and behold, you’ve got one of the most addicting games ever.
While playing the game (or gamessssszzzzsssss based on the unfortunate reality that you’ll have to play it several times before you top your previous score) I had this epiphany of sorts.
Flappybird is like our relationship with God!
Yep it is.
Here are my reasons:
1. Only through God’s grace are we able to fly. If not, we drop.
- Nosedive
2. His timing is perfect. Perfectly timed taps of grace that allows us to go through the obstacles of life called pipes. Which explains why at times we need to fall in order for us to rise.
- Even when it seems impossible
3. During the times we cease to open our wings to God’s much needed grace and we crash into a pipe, the Lord still chooses to play the game again not out of an addiction – but out of pure love that He wants to see us through.
- You know He’s gonna hit the play button again.
While the analogy is lacking, the Lord loves in a crazier, bigger, unconditional way. He keeps on loving, even when it doesn’t make sense anymore. I thank God that He is God and not me, because I would’ve quit a long time ago.
Lord, I know I don’t see the bigger picture but I trust that You are always there to raise me or allow me to fall when needed. Give me faith to trust when I can’t see past the obstacles before me. Give me hope that everything will be alright. Amen.
PS. My latest top score is 35. I don’t know how you guys get a 100.
PPS. This blog is also posted on my personal blog at http://www.kevinmuico.com/2014/02/07/flappybird/
