So I recently watched a movie called A Beautiful Mind. It was a great movie, well what I got out of it was great anyway, I really was only half paying attention to the movie until about three quarters of the way through I heard Russell Crowe say a line, it really caught my attention. I don't remember the exact quote, but it was when he figures out that the people he was halucinating about weren't real and he said something like... I've been feeding these thoughts for years, just like anything else they will live as long as I keep feeding them. That is where he chose to "starve" his thoughts and not agree to entertain his halucinations anymore. Slowly they lost power in his life, and he went on to do great things, even though the potential to interact with them was always there.
There are a lot of movie's that I think are Christian and they probably really aren't and this is one of them, but I love the deeper meaning in this movie. How true is it that are minds are powerful, capable of great things, but also sick and very undiscerning at times of what the truth is. There must be a time when we realize that we are sick in our mind, and not everything we believe to be true is, not everything we think is reality. I love the process he used to defeat this, he humbled himself and realized his life had been a lie, then he chooses to lay down everything to get help, he fought through every tough time, and he chose to starve the things he saw, no matter how much he missed them or wanted them. He pressed through for the love of another. I have someone who tells me truth, I know part of my thinking is based on lies, I am going to rely on God to help me through, I will not believe that lie, I won't feed those thoughts- the fears, worries, feelings, they only produce death. I find in life that I am great about restricting my actions, but not so great at restricting what I take in to my life, and the result is a heart that is not fully alive for God, but now I see and have hope, I'll not feed my soul an mind death and lies, but life and truth, and I encourage you all to do the same, that we may truly and fully live for Him...
2 comments:
Beautiful, Levi. Beautiful mind is my favorite movie of all time. This may be one of my favorite posts of all time. Your one of my favorite Levi's of all time, (baring Levi Carson)
Amen, let it be done.
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