Box Office Hit

  Well. I will tell you something about a great night out.  Have you ever gone to something based solely on a recommendation from someone else.  Or better yet a movie review that made you believe it would be better than the “Titanic”, after all it was the same director & producers.  $200 million in one week - surely this would be a great pick for a Saturday night flick.

  Since we live rather close to the theater  I thought a brisk walk would be fun to start our “date”.  This would give us time  to talk about what we were going to see.   Sometimes this is our only time to play catch up &  find each other.  Emotions tug and our hearts break when we don’t find each other.   Walking clears the air and opens communication.  Blue skies clear our cloudy days!

     There was a shift  in the barometric atmosphere as plans changed.  Alone I ran across the golf course to the mall where the theater is located.  I averted snow showers and ”freezing” heart conditions with warm thoughts of popcorn.  So much for a nice walk to start our date! 

      He hurried ahead to save 2 seats in the middle.  He was fearful they would “sell out” early, since this was such a box office hit.  I acquiesced and bought the bait.  It happened the other day when I let him take me out to dinner because of a coupon he had.  I should have remembered he never told me the menu.  I trusted his taste.  I walked into the movie to “will call” picked up my ticket not even sure of the name of the movie.  Was it Atomizer, or Aviation, oh, I know, Avant Guard.  He hands me the ticket it reads AVATAR.   I thought it would be a romantic love story that would make me tear up over the thoughts of seeing an actor like De Caprio.  This would be a great escape. 

   As I joined him center seat, like he said, I braced myself for romance and laughter, perhaps a step back in time.  I think that is why we are always decorating homes after a place we have so often never been.  We somehow get to dream we are in Provence or Tuscany instead of where we are.

      As the movie opened  I realized we were in some scientific lab with far out ideas about changing brains and places.  We were being thrust into the Future.  I wanted to be some place other than in the land of Pandora . Avatar got my attention all right. I never liked Jurassic Park - I shut my eyes the whole time!  Sci-fi I detest, give me a doctor like Dr. Zivago.  I am not drawn to GI Joe in some  techni-colored Vortex.   I know there will be after market dolls that my grandson will hug.  After all his mom had an ET doll.   Another movie not high on my favorite list.  These movies confuse spiritual issues making the reality of the ONE TRUE G-D a  myth.   See the movie review "Plugged In"  http://www.pluggedin.com/movies/intheaters/avatar.aspx and you can further decide if this is great food for a child’s soul. We all want to cuddle and embrace something thinking this will FIX our pain.

      People are looking for a justification for the messes we  and our world are in.  We want something to hold and value. We want the gods to come down and fix things!

 I looked up the meaning of the word Avatar in the Webster’s Dictionary to discover why I felt uncomfortable with the content.  It stated this fact of incarnation by the god’s.   The central theme of this movie was based on a Hindu concept where the god’s come down in bodily form to the earth.  The worship of the EARTH in the movie was mesmerizing.  A true departure from  worship of the LIVING G-D.

    We are always looking for an imaginary land to move to, a place where everything will be better.  I have embraced the one true G-d concept central in the Bible.  When you study the Pentateuch a warning is pronounced to have NO OTHER gods besides ADONAI.  As a child I discovered this and sought to know HIM,   He grew real BIG inside of me.  My world changes because He changes me. 

     Life teaches us lessons. The book of Proverbs talks about man planning his way but the LORD directs his steps.  We have wonderful building blocks if we will apply them in every area of our family life.  Our communication strengthens as we grow in HIS LOVE language.  

     So am I a romantic by not wanting to save the “trees”?  I want to save lives that are slipping and connect them to purposeful living and meaningful relationships.  I want to hold on to life and enjoy the pleasures that a precious baby bring. I want children to dream big because G-d is dreaming big in them.

    Live dreams thru loving life. Allow the G-d that holds the universe in place to complete His plans and purposes in you.

    Francis Bacon said, “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” 

    I am yet to uncover all the mysteries in this world.  Just like in the movie as they were discovering how to see their world thru the forest’s eyes, I too am so sensitive to my CREATOR.  I am beginning to have HIS EYES AND SEE AND FEEL LIKE HIM.   Am I really from another planet?