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Monday, March 9, 2009?
I gave across this movie just a few hours ago before I watch it on the Internet. Then I remember seeing this DVD available at Attributes. So I decided to watch it. What I can say from this movie was to learn from the message the movie is trying to convey. There are 2 things I learn from this movie. Marriage and Forgiveness.
In a world where marriages are no longer considered sacred and, worse yet, being redefined by liberals as extending to unions between same-sex couples, the film’s Biblical message on marriage is timely. Kirk Cameron is Caleb Holt, the chief at a small fire station in Albany, Georgia. Married seven years to his wife, Catherine (played by Erin Bethea), the couple are experiencing problems in their marriage.Caleb feels he’s not getting the respect he deserves at home, something that, on the flip side, he enjoys plenty of at work. Catherine juggles work and worries about her parents, especially medical expenses for her mom who hasn’t been herself since suffering a stroke. Things come to a head when Caleb and Catherine agree to a divorce after a big fight. Upon learning of the impending separation, John (Caleb’s father) implores Caleb to hold off the divorce for 40 days while giving the advice he penned in a book The Love Dare a go. Caleb commits to the challenge. In the process, he also learns of Jesus Christ’s love for sinners like himself and becomes a Christian. From then on, we see a change in Caleb and a series of events leads to a happy ending where, finally, Caleb and Catherine call off the divorce and instead re-dedicate their commitment to each other under the light of the covenant that God intended marriage to be since creation.
Towards the end I teared. Because there was forgiveness and reconciliation between mother and son. Presence of God was in my room. Faith, Love and Hope... indeed the GREATEST is Love. In this movie not only we see about how to "fireproof" your marriage but also God's love for us which He died for us on the Cross so that we can receive salvation. The forgiveness of people just like how God forgive us again and again no matter how many time we have been wrong and sin against Him. God is sovereign towards us. His Agape love always available to us
Just recently someone told me that I should read books about love. Then I was saying I am not that interested after reading "boy meet girl" a few years back. But now I am convicted I really need to read some books on love so I can be educated with knowledge which give me power to have an attitude of a great lover to someone I really love. I need more creativity to express my love even more in terms of words and gifts. =)
Watch it guys...
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