Knowing

So I went to see the movie "Knowing" with Nicholas Cage. I was a little apprehensive to see it because I wasn't sure if the movie was "appropriate". However, I did see it because I needed to release some anxiety. I was pleasantly surprised and I liked it very much. I should say, if you want to see the movie, you probably shouldn't read on. So here goes...

The movie opens with this little girl and this whispering noise and at some point she writes these whole bunch of numbers on a paper to put into a time capsule. Fast forward 50 years, the capsule is opened and Cage's son is the one to receive the letter of numbers by this girl. He starts to hear this whispering noise. Long story short, Cage some how becomes intrigued by the numbers and finds out that they were predictions of disasters that have happened over the past 50 years. The movie sort of surrounds the last two predictions.

What I found interesting in this movie is that these "whispering people" seem not threatening, only talks to the children and at one point, in the midst of darkness, light won out. As the movie is coming to a close, I couldn't help but think about Christ. Here are these "predictions" found in the Bible and Jesus telling everyone to get ready. Long and short, the story finishes and the whispering people (angels) come to take the children. Cage's character wants to go with his son and this little girl but it's not allowed. He's confused and the little boy says "only those who have heard the call can go" Instantly I thought of Christ calling His people and then the scripture that says "not everyone that cries Lord Lord will enter heaven". So the children leave to "start over" and Cage goes back to see his dad, a preacher. I thought of the prodigal son returning home. The whole earth is destroyed and then the children are returned to "a new heaven and a new earth".

I know the producers/writers/directors did not have any intention of writing about the rapture and the end of the world and Christ. I'm not a big movie fan. I mean I love movie lines, but I don't go to the movies very often. I think in the last 3 years I've gone to the movies maybe 5 times, if that much. However, everytime I do see a movie, well lately, I see references to Christ. How is it that subconciously our spirits, minds are desiring a Saviour but in the waking moments we choose to go the opposite direction.

With all these movies, good and bad, there is a reference to heaven and hell, how people not want to choose? how can people deny the existence of a supreme God? I suppose that one day, they'll realize but why wait until it's too late? I just thought that movie was...it was a very good movie to see and I just wanted to share that with you :)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Okay, so I'm not Greek, I don't think I'm fat (well at the writing of this I don't think so) and I didn't have a wedding but I was watching the movie as I spent some endless time chatting on facebook and Tula's brother say "Don't let your past dictate who you are but let it be a part of who you will become". I've watched this movie countless times and this finally stuck out to me.

If the things that I've seen, done or heard dictated who I am today, first off, I probably wouldn't even be alive but I would also never have found grace. I now can appreciate it for what it was. At the time, it was hell and I all I wanted to do was to find something "better" but now, I see it as a blessing. It has become a part of me and I'm "proud" of my past. It has caused me to fall on my knees and cry out for a Savior who, despite my past, has called me His own :)

People you meet

I've learned a very important lesson over my very short lived lifetime - be kind to the people you meet because you never know when you'll meet them again. I've met some very interesting people over my lifetime that have left impressions on my life.

It is sad to say that some of them have a bad impression because of their behavior, attitude or pure selfishness but it goes without saying that I learned from those poeple as well.

I met this guy yesterday...well I didn't actually meet him but I saw him in passing on Friday, then again on Sunday afternoon and later that day on the train. It's amazing how you never notice certain things or people until you see them constantly even if you don't know them. I didn't say anything to him, it would've been wierd but it sure made me think.

When people see us from a distance, who do they see? Is it someone that they are willing to meet or would rather stay away from? Everyone says first impressions make a big difference and it's true but it's not about what you say when you actually meet the person but rather what you did before you met them.

So the people you actually end up meeting with a handshake are the people you first met with a smile :)