My two boys are currently small and
those of you with small children will know that they love watching
animations. And at their age, they can watch the same animation
over and over and over again! Now although I do watch it with them
the first time to ensure that the film is okay for them, I don't
necessarily always sit with them through the next 70 times, I see a
part of it here and there, and after a couple of days I know the
story inside out. I can even finish some of their sentences.
So because I 'watch' a lot of the
animations with them, the stories stay in my head throughout the
day. And then the more I think about it, the more I realize that
most of the story is very unrealistic. For example Wall E. It is a
story where earth had become so filthy and polluted that people
couldn't live there anymore. They then built a spaceship and left
earth for 5 years. They left robots on earth to clean everything up
in order for them to be able to return. Now long story short, they
didn't return to earth and stayed in space for 700 years. One after
the other robots left on earth broke down until only one was left.
Okay, so now I think, how is it possible for them to be in space
without water for 700 years? Where did all their food come from?
How did this one robot 'survive' when all the others broke down?
Etc.
Or for example the movie Cars. How
is it possible for the cars to talk? How can they truly have
feelings etc.
Or for example Up. It is a story
where an old man wants to visit a special waterfall in South
America. To cut a long story short he blows up hundreds of balloons
with helium and attach it to the roof of his house and flies over
to the waterfall, house and all. Sounds realistic?
There are many examples and I am
sure you can think of a lot more! My point is many movies are
unrealistic and if you begin to analyze and question details in
them you will miss the beauty of the film. You will get sidetracked
with nonsense really and lose the joy of watching the movie.
It is like reading the Psalms and
trying to scrutinize every verse and obtain a meaning for each one
of them. Of course you can do that, but somehow when you do, you
lose the beauty of it. The lovely poetry turns into an explanation
and the mystical splendor of it gets lost.
The same can be said for our lives.
There are many things we do not understand. Many things that just
don't make any sense at all. There are many things we try to
analyze and understand. But at the end of it all we need to let go
and rather try and enjoy the beauty of it all. Sometimes we need to
stop asking questions and rather focus on the beauty of God's love
all around us. He wants us to experience His Love and that is what
it is all about. Above everything and above supplying all the
answers for us, He wants us to know that He loves us, more than
anything.
Father God, help us to see You in
everything. Help us sometimes to stop looking for all the answers,
but rather to look for You, to search for You with all our hearts.
In the end, all that matters is You. In Jesus Name, Amen.