this entry is spurred from a movie i saw on friday night - "equilibrium". i will not try to explain the movie, as it is conceptually complicated, but i recommend it. it is worth watching for the simple fact that it makes you realize how much you "feel". "God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go either wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong; I cannot. If a thing is free to be good, it is also gree to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible.
as i watched it, i thought of these words from c.s. lewis:
Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.
A world of automata - of creatures that worked like machines - would hardly be worth creating.
The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water.
And for that they must be free."
wise words. an all-wise God. i'll take the bad with the good for the sake of having freedom. for it allows me to know true Love.
2.12.2006
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That was an awesome movie. I watched it Saturday night. I could really get into an English class or even a Christian class discussion on it...my family didn't really want to hear...it was late after all. Hey, while I am communicating with you, I want to take the time to THANK YOU for all you do at church, especially with our youth, and especially with and FOR my daughter! You are really special, and I appreciate you, your time, and your work for the Lord!
i agree, sue. i think it would actually be really neat to have a whole class where we look at recent movies and the concepts/ideas they disclose about ourselves, our culture and our God. that movie was certainly one that would make the discussion list. and as far as anna goes, you are welcome. the Lord has given me a big heart for those girls and i love the time i am able to spend with them. so, PTL.
Ohhh, personal favorite of mine, that is.
(very Giver-esc)
Have you read "The Giver"?
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