Join us tomorrow to see The Nativity Story.I hope everyone understands why we're seeing this movie. We're not going to the movies tomorrow for the sake of seeing a movie, we're going to see this movie - a movie about how our savior entered our world.
It would be sad if we see this movie and find it boring - just some movie about a pregnant girl. The meaning of this story alone should make it one of the most exciting movies we could go see. Watching how God moved through all the elements to give us his son should be awesome to us.
But there's even more to it than that. I liked this movie because it fleshes out the story and characters, making them real people and reminding us that this all really happened. There are many things we take from it - more than you might expect. For example, pay attention to Mary. What kind of woman is she? What makes her special such that God would choose her to carry the Messiah? What kind of man is Joseph? How does he handle the responsibilities he is given?
These are important things to pay attention to because they help us learn what kind of people God uses. He chose an ordinary teenage girl, pledged to marry an ordinary carpenter. Why? Because they were righteous. I think that's awesome.
There's so much I could say about the Christmas story, but I need to finish up this post. Just wanted to say a few words before we see the movie tomorrow - try to get everyone in the right mindset.
1 comment:
The Nativity story was pretty good. It helped me think of the story as a whole instead of in different pieces (since the story of Jesus' birth was in several places in the Bible).
The only thing I didn't like was the actress who played Mary.. Her expression only changed twice during the whole movie. I don't know why it annoyed me so much but it did. hehe.
But otherwise, it was pretty good movie. Much much better than most of the TV-specials of Christ's birth. It was worth seeing! ^_^
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