If you could wake up one morning as someone else, who would it be and what would you do?
Bethany Dillon - Waking Up - 2007
Waking up one morning, only to find I was someone else would be scary, especially if I couldn't pick who I was going to change places with (assuming that was the scenario.) But since I get to pick, here goes:
I think I'd like to be Misty Edwards for one day, just to see what it was like to walk and sing under such an incredible anointing. I feel certain she spends tons of time in prayer, as well as time composing new material and just singing before the Lord; something I don't have much time alloted for these days. A band practice with the musicians she plays with would be very cool and I think I would talk her engineers into letting me have studio time. Then I'd hook up with some of her friends at the coffee shop and ask those "heavy" questions I have been contemplating; people like Allen Hood, Mike Bickle, and Corey Russell. I wouldn't wonder if they wanted to hang out with me... after all, I'm Misty.
I probably would not eat very much because Misty fasts all the time. I would look forward to a two-hour set of worship with my team in the Prayer Room and you... would be able to watch me on the web-stream. But I wouldn't care about that... because I'm Misty.
I would not be satisfied with just 24 hours. I would be anxious for another day to spend at the feet of Jesus. Sleep would be light and the dawn would remind me of what this is all leading to...
because I was Misty.
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As soon as I saw this week's question, I immediately thought, "Superhero!" But which one? Superman? Batman? Spider-man? And then there's that problem of them being fictional. Or are they? Of course we don't see people flying around town in tights, but there are still individuals who are treated like supermen whether they be good or bad. With this in mind I chose my body swapping candidate, Barack Obama.
Even though Obama is one of the phoniest politicians in America, he still has an insane amount of popularity, all by uttering the word "change". The man even has his own temple (the DNC)! So, as Barack Obama, I would use that enormous popularity to sway American politics out of the liberal path it's headed toward. Oh, and I would take a little time to enjoy all of the Obama apostles too.
Had I been responding to this as a teenager, I would have chosen somebody rich and famous and svelte. But after living life as me for half a century, I have become accustomed to who the Lord has planned for me to be, warts and blessings. However, if you guarantee that I could go back to being myself after one day and not be stuck in an endless "Freaky Friday" situation, I would want to wake up as my mother. She is in a nursing home with some variety of dementia and Parkinson's Disease. She's confined to a wheelchair; someone must feed her and tend to all of her other personal needs; she has trouble communicating; she is frustrated. Why would I want to put myself through that when I will most likely be in the same boat in a few decades? I think some corner of her mind is still sharp. I can tell by the few words she says that actually do make sense. If I were her, I would know exactly how much pain and anguish she is experiencing in her mind, body, emotion and spirit. What is she thinking that she never says? How does the nursing home staff really treat her? Does she know I love her? Does she commune with her Savior? Does she want more chocolate? (See, I got it from her!) Also, if I could wake up as Mother for a day, that would be a day she wouldn't have to be herself, right?
hm, if i could wake up one morning and be somebody else i'd say it would be the indie/folk musician Nathan James. yes, one does exist. look him up if you like. but i would wish to wake up as Nathan James the folk singer.
why would i want to awake as him? well, for one, he has my name and he is famous. for two, he is an indie/folk singer (im going to say that i automatically have his voice and talents). for three, he probably has really good food to eat.
but what would i want to do as Nathan James? well, i would probably not know what to do. for that day i was using his life i would most likely ruin his appearance forever. i wouldn't know where to go, who to talk to, what to say or dress or eat or how to act. so i guess all that i would do would be completely random and immensely embarrassing to Mr. Nathan James.
and then the next day when i and he awake (it makes me curious: does he awake as me? or does his awoken soul just sit there in a dream like purgatory until the next morning comes?) he will be back in his body and me in mine. and he will be asked by many people what was wrong with him the previous day. yes.
I would want to wake up as Bill Gates and transfer a "small" amount of money to my other self. I would set it up as a charity fund, so that way they couldn't take the money back.
I know it doesn't sound like the Christian thing to do, but who couldn't use a few hundred thousand?
Bill Gates maybe?
I would probably want to be bill gates. Then I would have a lot of money to spend. Then I would build a huge skate park in my back yard.
If I could wake up as someone else who would I be?
Ooh this is a hard one! I would probably want to be one of my friends...but I'm not sure who!
I guess I would want to be my friend Hannah Borque. She is awesome!
But the truth is I wouldn't want to be someone else cuz I like being me!
Anyways if I woke up as Hannah, I would probably first scream...then I would try to be like her..and try to follow along with what her family is doing without them asking why am I acting different!
Well I guess thats my answer! =P :P xD :) ~Alyssa Thrift
Wow! This is a tough question.
If I had a choice of waking up tomorrow and being someone else, I don't know what I would do.
I guess, first of all, that I would want to be someone of much importance in the world, a change of scenery and power might be nice.
Maybe I would choose to be the president's wife, or a famous movie star. I'm going to say I would want to be the President's wife.
If I woke up one morning and were suddenly the President's wife, there are probably many things I would try to get done as soon as possible, especially if I only had one day.
My first duty as the President's wife would be to ban all alchohol from being consumed in the United States.(It doesn't help anyone, it only harms everyone.)I could also live with getting rid of smoking forever.
The more important things would be making it illegal to have an abortion. The death penalty would be strictly enforced. If you killed someone, just for the fun of it, you should be punished as well.
I'm sure I could ramble on forever, but these are my thoughts.
The President's wife, to change the world.
Ok, let me sit here and think a minute about this one.
Definitely, I do NOT want to wake up as a star, politician, or some other famous person! Surprising? Well, when you are in the spotlight, this rude mob full of monsters with wide, unblinking eyes; loud, talkative mouths; and quick feet follow you around everywhere with their torturous weapons:the blinding camera and the microphone. Yeah, I am speaking of the paparazzi, and in frustration, I might accidentally ruin a movie star's reputation by tackling one or two of those people/monsters.
Instead of waking up as a real person and ruining their life for one day, why could I not wake up as someone fictional, like someone in a movie (not the actor but the character)? Technically, my waking up as them would be imaginary also, but as long as I could retain certain skills of that character from such a "dream", that would not matter as much.
Thus, I would want to be the character, Evan Taylor/August Rush in the movie, August Rush. As a lover of music, it would be awesome to experience the brain of a musical genius. Of course, I would probably have to "play through" the whole movie, but that would not be a problem compared to what I would learn from August.
First, I would gain the understanding of the life of a foster child. Knowing what these kids go through and what feelings are common to them would help me reach out to them more.
Secondly, I would hopefully keep at least some of August's music ability. Along with this eleven-year-old, I would delight in beautifully playing the guitar though it was my first time, expressing what light sounds like on a church organ, and composing my very own rhapsody at Julliard.
For sure, I would love to be August Rush. Maybe, I would wake up as a musical genius...
I would still want to just be the 'me' that God created me to be. After all FATHER KNOWS BEST! joni
well Bill Gates would be nice BUT! if i could wake up and be someone else i would want to be Michael Phelps, because i would like to know that i got 8 gold medals and that i was an amazing swimmer. and hand the hands the size of a football field and feet the size of china :P. i think that i would get up use the bathroom THEN! i would go swimming and eat lunch at a very exspinsive resturaunt. Also i would tell everybody how Matthew Malone is such a great guy. and yep i think that'll do it :D
If I could wake up and be anyone today, I would want to be Charmayne James. She is a famous Barrel Racer who has one many World Series and is also a well known trainer in the sport of barrel racing. She is also known for creating the famous "Charmayne James Barrel Saddle", which is a popular saddle for barrel racing. I think that her life has been very exciting and she is someone that I look up to.
This is another tough question. At first I thought I would want to be someone famous or rich but then I realized that those people never seem to be happy. Their always searching for something new or wanting to buy something else to try and please themselves but as you can tell most celebrity's are always in trouble with the law or have some rumor going around about them. Dont get me wrong it would be nice to have a lot of money and maybe even fame but I think I would rather be someone who has joy and good relationship with Jesus Christ, someone like Dr. Mac Brunson the pastor of First Baptist Church. It would be neat to see how his day goes and what challenges he faces everyday.
But overall I'm happy being my self and would not change it for the world!!!
Christy Bacon
After co-op on Friday, I flew to Wisconsin to sing at my nieces wedding. Before I left, I reserved an economy car from Budget (something like a Hyundai or smaller) to get around in. When I arrived in Milwaukee, I went to the rental car counter, only to find out that they were just about out of cars, due to a Harley Davidson event in the area. The kind lady behind the counter informed me she had an SUV or a convertible Eclipse left. Which one do you think I picked?
Needless to say, I woke up and had the chance to "be someone else" for about five days. It felt great. The heads of old friends and relatives turned as I drove past them in my midnight blue coupe with the top down and and the tunes cranked up. The Labor Day weather was at the top and I took every advantage of my new identity.
Honesty, it was a gift from the Lord and no less than that. As much as I enjoyed the car's transforming power, I was grateful for the grace of God on my life to transform me from a dark destiny to a very bright eternity.
Cyber Psalmist
This is a really tough question. To wake up and be someone else would be difficult to choose from.
I know i would choose to be someone that is of great importance. Then people would listen and i would be able to make an impact on peoples lives.
As long as i am able to make a difference i wouldn"t care who i was.
I guess if i had to choose i would bethe president. Only because people are always listening to what he says.
If I could wake up and be anyone I would be myself cause I dont really like anyone enough to want to be them I guess Im just too awesome to want to be anyone else but Im sure alot of people want to be me cause like I said Im pretty awesome.
Hmm, this is a hard one. I'm am not going to go with someone specific. I am going to go with a meteorologist. Since I want to be a meteorologist someday. So, I would want to try it just for just one day to see what it is like. I will see if this is really the thing I would want to do. Oh, and BTW, Daniel, your post is funny!
Honestly, the only time in my life that I had ever wanted to be someone else was when I was really little. With all my heart I wanted to be Briar Rose(sleeping beauty). I even went as far as to refuse to answer by my name anymore, but as I got older, I realized that I wouldn't want to sleep for centuries, waiting for the day that some guy would come and wake me up with a kiss. Hello, I have things I want to do in life. Now a days, I would never want to be someone else, to do so would mean giving up all my friend and family. God made me Alaina, so He has plans for me that likely don't include being someone else. Though I wouldn't mind becoming one of my favorite writers for a day, or one of my favorite artists. >.>
-Alaina Wenrich
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