This is your story. How do you want it to end?

"“So what happens now?” Grant asked. “This is your story, Grant,” the other man replied. “How do you want it to end?”"

          from "Merciless (Dominion Trilogy Book #3)" by Robin Parrish

How do you want your story - your life - to "end"?

The quote at the top is God - asking a man named Grant - how does Grant want his story to end?
How does Grant want his life to end?
realizing that death isn't the end, but only the beginning of what comes next.

It's a question God asks all of us.
from the moment we're born -
right up to the moment we die.

So, substitute your name for Grant's name -
and ask yourself that question -

"How do you want it to end?"

We see the possibilities of writing our own ending to the story of our lives as soon as Jesus starts His ministry -

We see several things here -

• that people were living in darkness.  No - that doesn't mean literal darkness, as in not enough light to see physical things.  It's like the absence of a different kind of light, making it hard to see the things of God.  

darkness - (see #3) - σκοτία [skotia /skot·ee·ah/] n f. From 4655; TDNT 7:423; TDNTA 1049; GK 5028; 16 occurrences; AV translates as “darkness” 14 times, and “dark” twice. 1 darkness. 2 the darkness due to want of light. 3 metaph. used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell.  ¹Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship.

the people are headed for one final destination - Hell - because of their wickedness.

• there is now a great light.  Again - not the kind of light that affects our ability to see physical things.  In fact, this light is the Light of God.
  The NIV uses two words - "great light".
  The original Greek actually had three words - to really show the intensity and the source of the  "light".

great - (see #4a) - μέγας [megas /meg·as/] adj. [including the prolonged forms, feminine megale, plural megaloi, etc., cf also 3176, 3187]; TDNT 4:529; TDNTA 573; GK 3489; 195 occurrences; AV translates as “great” 150 times, “loud” 33 times, and translated miscellaneously 12 times. 1 great. 1A of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons). 1A1 in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects. 1A1A mass and weight: great. 1A1B compass and extent: large, spacious. 1A1C measure and height: long. 1A1D stature and age: great, old. 1B of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant. 1C of age: the elder. 1D used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong. 2 predicated of rank, as belonging to. 2A persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power. 2B things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance. 2C a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent. 3 splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately. 4 great things. 4A of God’s preeminent blessings. 4B of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God.²Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship.

Not just "great" - but a God kind of great.  We see in #4a that it's representative of God's  amazing blessings.  Where the people were previously headed for Hell - they now have an opportunity for a much different destination - Heaven.