Someone else's book

There has always been controversy about "God's will". Simply put, we have to work out how much say we have. Arguments boil down to differing degrees of participation: from complete robots of fate to complete free will.

I'll just put it in another way. Am I living out life like reading a book? Waiting for what happens next because the author has written something we like. If we don't like it, we can buy another book. Many love and work like that: in total submission to the other person as if we had no say in the outcome of the relationship. Therefore living out someone else's book.

Reality is more collaborative. We all start on chapter one getting to know one another. This is true in love and work. But the rest of the book can be worked out together. Of course how to love and work with someone else is not easy. Nor is writing a book.

So am I just shopping around for the best life to live like buying someone else's book or writing our own. I know God prefers the latter. Why else would he put up with us?