Well, tomorrow I'm going to see The Passion with our college group. I wanted to see it sooner, but it doesn't seem like the kind of movie I'm going to want to see twice, so I just waited to see it with all my friends.
Last Sunday, in our main sanctuary, they showed a brief clip of the movie (about 3 minutes) and I was trying so hard not to all out sob. Everyone was crying around us. And that was just 3 minutes! I know I'm going to waste an entire Kleenex box in the theatre.
This movie has done more to make Christ's sacrifice, his suffering (aka passion), real than any other production, in my opinion. So many of the other movies about Jesus glossed over the gruesome torment he endured on our behalf and emphasized what a meek and mild human being he was. Not that there's anything wrong with showing the character of Jesus, but I think we do a disservice to Him and to ourselves when we don't tell the whole story.
God bless Mel Gibson. I pray for him constantly. What a man...his love for the Lord is so evident and his commitment to endure the ridicule and scorn of the secular world is astounding. However hard this has been for him, I don't think even he will truly know how many lives will be changed because of his faithfulness.
My dad and I have a joke about stupid movies...we always say, "It changed my life" in some extremely cheesy manner. Well, my friends who have seen this movie were sincere in saying those same words. And I believe them. I think it will change mine too.
Posted by Portia at February 28, 2004 05:52 PM
