Our Destiny

Oedipus' destiny is discussed many times in the play Oedipus by Sophocles. This destiny is to kill his own father and sleep with his mother. Oedipus does all he can to try and avoid fulfilling this destiny but the fact is that the gods already have his life planned out and there is nothing he can do to prevent this from happening. When reading Oedipus I realized that this idea of destiny is a lot like what I believe as a Christian. I believe that God has a plan for me and already has my life planned out. When I feel scared or like my life is going no where its nice to know that God already planned out how my life will be and it is something good. At times I try to change things that are not going my way, just like Oedipus' does, but there is nothing I can do about it and I just have to remember that. I know that Oedipus' destiny was harsh and unfair, I also know that maybe Oedipus' gods would do that, but i know my God would never give that destiny to anyone even if he felt they deserved it. Recently i have been hearing a lot about how the world is supposed to end in 2012 and although this scares me a lot, my mom is always there to remind me that God has a plan for me. The government may try to change the fact of the world ending, but the fact is if its in God's plan I believe it is going to happen, even if that means I only get to live until i'm 18. For Oedipus' the gods have a plan just like for me God has a plan.