God Is With Us

Brad and I took a trip to Grand Rapids today.  He had been invited to a sneak preview of the movie Unbroken and really wanted to see it, so we decided to make a date of it and go to Grand Rapids early to get some Christmas shopping done.  I said, "If we are doing this....LET'S DO THIS :)"  We did really well, but we are not completely done with our purchases.  At one point, my feet were feeling a little tired, but I saw this sign that said, "I would stop shopping, but I'm no quitter!"....EXACTLY, push through it and get this done, right?!

So, later, we went to the movie which began at 7pm, but we had to go early because, even though we had been invited to it, the theater still could not promise us seats....it was first-come, first-served for seating.  As we waited in the theater for the movie to begin, there was a message on the screen to... #iamunbroken and share a story where we endured something or triumphed over something.  All I could think of was that silly sign I saw while shopping and I was thinking....I WILL SHOP, I WILL NOT DROP....I'M NO QUITTER! :)

The perseverance story of Louis Zamperini's life is amazing!  I shan't be a movie spoiler right now....that would be soooo rude of me, so I won't talk about the movie....but, my non-spoiler, abstract takeaways from it are, one, that NO MATTER WHAT, GOD IS WITH US!  And, two, that faith in Christ is not just some kind of warm fuzzy, it transforms our whole life...our whole person into some one through which GOD can exhibit His supernatural power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CVlv2dz3w

Our eyes will never see all the meaning in this....but, it gives us a VICTORIOUS LIFE!