A "must see"

Paul and I just watched "To Save a Life" from New Song Picture Productions and it was amazing. If you saw "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof", this movie goes in the same category. It's a Christian movie, with an amazing story. A popular high school boy enters a rough time in his life after his best childhood friend, whom he had been estranged from, commits suicide. During his grieving time, he starts to talk with the youth pastor who presided over the funeral and discovers God has bigger plans than he did.  The whole movie has some powerful ideas and current topic issues that we really need to hear and pay attention to - the most obvious being teen suicide, but other topics that we can all relate to - like where is God when our world feels like it's falling apart? And what do you want your life to be about?

Here's the trailer for the movie - I would highly suggest watching it.

And here's the link to the website. Check it out. To Save a Life

We all go through struggles in life. Sometimes our problems seem to big handle. I have a had a few myself. But that's what is so amazing about the God we love. He is bigger than all our struggles. Bigger than this life. And His love for us is even greater. Being a Christian does't mean everything in life will be perfect. Jesus tells us that we will face struggles, there will be difficult times in our life. In John 16 he clearly says, "In this world you will have troubles. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33). And gave the promise in Deuteronomy that "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged" (Deut. 31). There is hope. Our hope is in the one true God, our Lord Jesus Christ.
But we can't stop there. And this is another message from the movie. We have to spread that hope in the Lord, and share the love of Christ with those around us. We are called to serve, and love, and care for those around us. We need to be reaching out to those who don't know the Lord - whether it's in school and it's the popular kid, or geek, or the kid who's in detention every other afternoon; or in the workplace with our colleagues and bosses. We never know how the Lord will use us to reach others. But He is. Let Him work through you.

We serve an amazing, loving, just, good God. Amen.

God Bless