I just got finished watching the movie Windtalkers. This was the WWII film with Nicolas Cage where he was assigned to protect those who carried the “code.” While I don’t feel like getting into what was good and bad about the movie, I do want to say that it is getting harder and harder for me to watch war movies. As a kid, i thought they were cool. Now, they wreck me. I can’t help but place myself and my family into this world. I can’t imagine, not do I want to try anymore, what life would be like if war were the defining reality of our lives. I realize as I seek to avoid this very, very uncomfortable thought, that this is in fact reality today for millions and millions of people.
This is not the way its supposed to be.
I keep coming back to the hope of Revelation 21 where I place my hope…
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’2 or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
I am preaching tomorrow morning on John 11 where we see Jesus weep over the death of Lazarus. I pray we are weeping with him when we see the pain, brokenness, suffering and death that is so very real in our world…One day this world will be made new. Until then, may we be like Jesus…