Julie and I watched "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" last night. OK, I know we are behind on the movie scene. This was certainly not my favorite movie. A little bit slow paced for my taste. However, I have been thinking about it and there are some lessons this flick teaches us.
1. Live Life Backwards
If we would live life with the end in mind, then it would change how we live. So often we live in a manner that will produce the exact opposite results that we would say we want in the end. Ask lazy people what they want in the end and they will almost always say success or a legacy to leave behind. Lazy and successful, legacy-leaving traits are polar opposites. Perhaps we should begin at the end. What do you want the end of your life to look like? Live now to that end.
2. The people you meet in the middle are some of the most important peoplw in your life.
Benjamin and Daisy talk about meeting in the middle. The individuals that you meet in the middle of your life are often the ones who will leave the biggest and most profound impact on your life. You will probably share your most significant memories with these people. We make life-long friends as kids, but it is those folks with whom we share the birth of our children, face death, chase our dreams, face our struggles, and make major life choices who we will be the most important.
3. The real tragedy of life is "immaturing" through life. Benjamin grew younger and younger as others grew older. How many of us actually immature through life rather than mature? It is an indictment against any of us who are growing more immature as we age rather than growing and maturing in wisdom, love, the knowledge of Christ and life experience.
We may have watched the movie a little late, but the truths it teaches us are right on the button!
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1 comments:
I enjoy and learn from all of your blogs. A lot of them are profound and, you use real-life application, which is very useful.
But to this specific blog, I want to add something. It isn't negative, just addressing a problem I see in some Christians. I personally belive, in my own conviction, that we as believers shouldn't see a lot of these movies. Perhaps you "could" learn something from some movies, but most of the time they'll have unnecessary sex scenes, professing God's name in vain (hollywood loves to do that), greed, murder, etc. It's incredibly rare when hollywood plays a good moral film such as "The Blindside" which is positive and encouraging. Avatar said God's name in vain about 8 times. Totally disgusting. I truly feel that Christians need to stay away from the movies, unless they review it and it's similar to The Blindside movie. Christian films are awesome and godly. Faith Like Potatoes, China Cry, Fireproof, etc.
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