Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I saw this movie tonight with Dave.

We stopped at Chipotle for some tasty grub and a Dos Equis. Then it was off to movie land. We both were anticipating the preview for Transformers, but it had already moved to the next preview when we sat down, so we went to a later showing so we could see it. It was worth it. I gotta see this movie!!!!!!!

I really liked this movie. I'm not a big FF4 fan, so I wasn't putting too much hope into this one. In fact, I thought it was going to be one of the worst comic movies made. To Dave's and my surprise it was really good. They cleaned up the mess of the first movie and made Dr. Doom actually smart and ruthless as he should be. They even got rid of his organic metal skin. Also, Norrin Radd(surfer) was great, true to character and sounded cool with Lawrence Fishburne's(Morpheus) voice.

Embracing the Light

I took the first pic of Caden last Summer and the second pic of Ethan this evening at a park in Hilliard called Homestead Park.

A cool place for kids and adults. Tunnels, fishing, bike trails, jungle gyms, a water gun fort, and an old caboose.

These are probably the coolest pics I've ever taken. I love them. I think I'll have to have them framed. As soon as I figure out how to blow them up without pixelating them.

Faithless!?!

Mathew 7:24-27
24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

We had a discussion about these verses with our home group. It sums up every parable from Mathew 5 through 7. It also makes me think of how we live our lives. When we are faced with something not in our control. How do we deal with it? Do we chuck it all and try to outlast it or do we stand firm on His foundation. One of our friends stated the rain is not something we have to look at as bad, but something that will make us stronger or help us grow.

That's what rain is for, by the way.

Lately, I've been listening to Rush's new album, "Snakes and Arrows". Some really great things on it. Some really not so great things as well. Neil Peart really wears his heart on his sleeve with this album. Something he doesn't normally do. One of the songs on the album is titled "Faithless". Right away I was anxious to hear this one because of the content. Neil has never been a Jesus believer. Here are some of the lyrics below:

"I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky"
And all the preaching voices -
Empty vessels of dreams so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and market place

Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist
Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist


I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me"

Kind of funny how he says he doesn't have faith in faith and doesn't believe in belief, but he later says "I believe in love and that's faith enough for me". These lyrics are pointed and aggressive, but mostly just sad. This man lost his wife and daughter in the same year. The same year I lost my mother. It's amazing to see how one chooses to live after tragedy. Please pray for Neil to have ears to hear Jesus.

I would like to turn those lyrics around to say:

"I have faith in faith
I believe in belief
You can call me faithful
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And I will seek Him faithfully"


What grows your faith? Is it the rain? It is for me. As I look at what I cling to when the floods come in, I know where I place my faith. Even when I don't think it's enough. Even when I hear echos of doubt or I feel the need to hide my face from Him.

Transformers

Man, I gotta tell ya, I am soooo excited about Transformers movie coming out on July 3rd. It is probably making me more excited than some of the comic book movies right now.

I have high expectations, as any fan does, when I hear these movies are being made. Usually, as long as the core character is there I'm happy, but if they miss the point of the character and his or her struggle, then they've wasted millions on a piece if shite. Fantastic Four is one of those pieces of shite. I mean The Thing in a foam rubber suit!?!



Transformers is having the guy who voiced the original Optimus Prime from the 80's cartoon be the voice of Optimus prime in the movie. That alone tells me they are taking great pains to make this movie worth it. What I've seen so far, it's better than one usually expects.


The characters are similar to their original incarnations which wipes the sweat from my brow. It also means they aren't going to make up their own robots to fit their story.


Lets just hope we don't see the Dynobots.


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