About a Boy

Saturday I watched "About a Boy". My friend told me it was a feel good movie and so, against my wishes of "Remember the Titans", we watched it. I struggle with saying I like any movies (apart from "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Emperor's New Groove") because I rarely like the entire thing. There is always something that deflects my affection. It's the usual things that, personally, I find really unnecessary. I struggle because I don't want to say I like a movie just to have someone watch it and question what I'm watching. I try to be very careful with what goes into my mind and I don't want to be the one to give a plug for a bad movie to get into someone else's mind. I guess I'm still struggling with what people think of me while not being a stumbling block. How do you juggle the two? I have to care a little bit about what people think of me because it can cause discouragement or encouragement (another post for another time).But I watched this movie and.... I kind of liked it.

The movie is about a guy who calls himself an island. He has no one to care for and no one cares for him. However, a boy enters the scene and changes all of it. He fights the change, but ohh it is so powerful when this happens:

Youtube: About a Boy

I almost cried and since then have been unable to keep "Killing Me Softly" off of repeat. The movie is so frustrating because the main character is so full of himself and has no purpose in life but to please himself. The change begins when he realizes that  his life is nothing.

I sat there and wondered about life without purpose. How could I continue each day? Why am I here and what am I doing? We all have this question to answer. What are we doing here? I'm so thankful God gave me that answer. My purpose here is to be Christ to the world by showing His love. That is why I am here.

"God woke you up this morning, take some time and ask Him why. Make today matter."