On this day the Lord has made . . .

As I was driving home from the grocery store I heard a man on the radio ask what we were leaving our children/grandchildren. He mentioned how he would choose, over any amount of money, the writings from his grandfather . . . if he had left any.

So, I have determined to create a diary/journal of what happened to me on this day(s) the Lord has granted me.







Sunday, January 15, 2012

Joyful Noise, the movie

Joyful Noise movie

This was an okay movie. I am disappointed because thought it was a Christian movie and I was excited thinking that Hollywood realized there is this huge market that they have left untapped but I was wrong.

It's a movie that pretends to be Christian and that is scary. It is a movie that is like most Christians. (I feel bad writing that as I write it.) It's a movie that say's I am a "Christian" while being very much like the world. (Having the 'world view'. I can't even say that. I can say that this movie thinks like most Americans. I know not everyone in the world thinks like we do.)

If you are full of the Holy Spirit, and if you know scriptures, and if you have changed, you aren't going to sleep with another person because that is one of those basic 10 commandments we were given. It isn't even a sin that we can argue within ourselves that it is okay - because the ten commandments make it so clear.

Cussing, sure, we all do it every now and again -  but we aren't cavalier about it and it almost seems as if it is used in the movie to make the Christians more palatable.

Christians aren't supposed to be palatable; however, we are human. We do make a lot of mistakes and we may even slip up and sleep with another person but we don't do it easily. That's the point I was trying to make.

These are just of the two glaring problems, there were more. I think they tried to cram too much into what should have been a different movie. It seems like a made for TV movie. One that shouldn't make it into a christian station.

Although I LOVED how the music caught me. I may get the soundtrack because they took modern music that we all know and sang it as if they were singing to God. That was marvelous. I could get lost in that music.

I wish the movie makers would have gotten lost in their love for Christ because then this movie could have been great. This movie was a lot like I used to be. I knew what I needed to be, but I didn't want to give up my standing in the world, and you just can't straddle the fence.




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Prayer List

  • Thank you Father thank you.
  • Lord, extend the kingdom of your Son.
  • O Merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor desirest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all who know thee not as thou are revealed in the Gospel of thy Son. Take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord to thy fold, that they may be one flock under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
  • God please take the blinders from my children's heart and eyes. Please give them the gift of faith. Lord God, faith in you is so comforting and brings so much joy. Thank you!
  • God please bless Michael, Lindsay, and their families with faith, wisdom, and compassion. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • God thank you for the gift of my co-workers who have shown me that it is good to show that I am a Christian. It is more than okay, it is imperative that my faith shows, so that others can come to know you. Please make me into a shining light for you. Give me the words, and your wisdom, and please don't let me cause anyone to stumble.
  • God please be with my family/friends as they go through this time in their lives. Please give them strength and courage and wisdom and faith Lord.
  • God please guide the leaders of the world.
  • God please heal my children.
  • Please heal those that have asked for prayer.

Reading List

  • One Thousand Gifts ~ Ann Voskamp

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