Movie Night

Last week, 9 brave souls were able to get together for a night at the movies. We met up at Cinemark Cypress to see 'The Book of Eli'. Knowing little information about it (it seems as though many of the previews are intentionally secretive), our expectations were not set at a pretty high level. What we did know was that Eli, or Denzel Washington's character, was the owner of the world's final copy of the Bible.

Skip ahead maybe 50 years into the future, after a few religious wars, and after the ozone (or lack thereof) had taken its toll on the face of the earth, and life was pretty bad. No water, no hope for survival, other than to take from the dead their shoes or clothes that would last them longer than the rags they had on. People were desperate--they killed others to protect themselves so that they could survive another day.

I'm not going to spoil the movie for you, because all 9 of us were pretty intrigued by it at the end--and if you can take some of the violence, the story (although dry at times--both literally and figuratively) does have a pretty good message. There is hope in the Word that he carries.

After the movie, we related this story to our world today. So many people don't know the real truth about Jesus. Even those who do sometimes aren't able to share this message of grace with those around us. Some of the depressing scenes that were portrayed in the movie could have been taken directly from the destruction in Haiti. Now the shelters that have been set up for survivors may become a petri dish for disease and sickness to spread rampantly among the people. Clean water, food and medicine are the key things necessary as this nation tries to steady itself again. May the necessities of both their physical and spiritual needs be met by the many organizations and missions who will serve the Haitians in the months and years to come.

As the word from Haiti becomes more and more positive, may they rely also on the Living Word which can give them hope in this world and in the world to come.