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Do you not know…
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Romans 6:3-11 NRSV)
It is easy today when Jesus is in the tomb to get caught in the downside of our lives…
To see all of the bad that is happening all around us…
We can easily get caught in the bad and darkness that is all around us. We get a glimpse of the evil all around us and the darkness just closes in. Like in the clip here of the movie Rise of the Guardians, where it seems Pitch Black, or the Boogie Man, has finally won, and the guardians are about to be defeated.
You see it is easy to see that there is no way out and that darkness is all around us. It is easy to get caught in the trials of life and just get worn down. See my earlier post for today on this, Worn. It is so easy to not see the light that is streaming all around us.
But in the clip you will see the guardians who are worn, and beaten down, standing up for the children, to protect them, as we can stand against evil and know that Jesus, even in the tomb, is defending us in our faith…
And as in the clip Jamie, the last child who believes, stands up in his fear against the boogie man, we to can claim his words as we stand against the darkness in this life…
The scene is about 1 minute in where Pitch black asks, “Still think there’s no such thing as the boogie man?”
And Jamie replies, “I do believe in you, I’m just not afraid of you.”
So do you not know that you are a new creation and the trials and weights of this life do not have to get you down. Stand up to the darkness and proclaim loudly to evil, “I do believe in you, I’m just not afraid of you. Because in Jesus I am a new creation and I will be reborn!”
Rise of the Guardians…
Today my 10 year old and I went on a date. She wanted to see a movie and it was between Wreck it Ralph which looks cute and all or Rise of the Guardians. Timing worked out for us to see Rise of the Guardians…
I thought the previews looked pretty good, and it would be a great flick. And I was not disappointed. The company first of all was fantastic, and my daughter loved it. There was a lot in it for her and she had a great time and it is always fun to go out with one of my girls…
The movie was very interesting. It is a movie really about hope, and finding out who you are. Jack Frost is the main character of sorts and he finds out who he is, and why he is a guardian…
It is a movie filled with action, love, hope, darkness, and faith. I would put it up there with the original Tinker Bell movie of films that help us realize we are all made special and have a gift to bring.
I’m still not sure how I feel about a Santa who yields swords. My daughter was a little taken aback by the tattoos on Santa as well, I thought they were pretty cool! And I’m not sure about the Easter Bunny that uses boomerangs… But it was a great movie and very family friendly. A wonderful film about who we are and hope… And who among us doesn’t need more hope?
