Sunday, December 23, 2007
Evan Almighty
Caught Evan Almighty on a DVD just now.
The show is super duper nice!
It has comedy, a comfortably simple yet solid plot and tight pace, making it a very watchable show.
When viewed with a renewed perspective, it can be the most inspiring - offering many, many lessons throughout the show.
Personally, I feel most impressed by a very simple conversation between God and Evan's wife.
God: Sounds like an opportunity.
Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, do you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If they pray for courage, does God give them courage, or does he give them opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for their family to be closer, you think God zaps them with warm, fuzzy feelings? Or does he give them opportunities to love each other? Well, I got to run. A lot of people to serve. Enjoy.
No matter what divine power you believe in, while we usually pray hoping to get certain things in life, it may not come directly like boxes of christmas presents.
Perhaps perhaps, they come in terms of opportunities.
In life, perhaps, opportunities are everywhere, and it depend on YOU to cherish the opportunities and do the best you can.
While we are lazy, we are impatient - we want some divine power to just grant us the things we want immediately - the power to change your life lies in YOU.
While opportunities can perhaps be created by someone else, we need to be the ones to seize these opportunities.
They appear in very simple things: Family, studies, career, people to people relationships etc
Look out for these little little opportunities that appears before you. They could be the ones that could possibly help you achieve what you want.
Opportunities come and go. Some opportunities come repeatedly, but some pass by and never come back.
Remember, the course of your life lies in the choices you make at every juncture, so never never let these opportunities slip, for they might never come back.
I feel very inspired.. Great movie! =)
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