There is one in all of us

So we watched "Where The Wild Things Are" last night. I unlike a lot of people, had never read the book growing up. But our friends Josh & Emily were with us last night & Josh read us the book while we waited for our dinner at A1 Sushi. The book was cute, I enjoyed the pictures a lot.

The movie was good as well, although I don't think I would recommend it for little kids. It was rather sad & just in my mind would be better for children 8-10 or above. I do recommend for adults though, it was not the "Kid" movie that I was prepared for.

It got me to think though and I like how Josh put it after the movie. It reminded him of being a kid and sometimes either doing something bad (disobeying, being mean to other kids, etc) and just the way that made you feel (I hope it put it right Josh). Also even as an adult how we can sometimes take things to far, such as joking, sarcasm, etc. I think in the movie for sure Max went to far when he got lonely, sad & upset. Such as destroying things in his sister Claire's room after her & her friends messed up his igloo in the snow outside, or when he got mad at his mom & started screaming, kicking & bit her. Or even further in when he ran away and lived among "The Wild Things" and started to create issues among them, while pretending to be king.

He defiantly left home under bad circumstances, but thankfully made things right after messing them up with "The Wild Things".

Anyhow, after watching it, then discussing the movie I really got to thinking Biblical perialls. How we "kick & scream" sometimes when God wants us to do something or to change something in our lives. How we sometimes take out our anger on others & seak revenge. How we rebell against him sometimes & run from what he has for us. We think in our minds (which are small & do not know all) that we can do things better on our own, so we take flight, go out on our own & pretend to be king of our lives. But even though things may go well for a bit, in time we realize what we should have all along, that we do need God and that we are just making even more of a mess of things on our own. So we run back to God, and God welcomes us back, he forgives us & gives his support to us & doesn't rub in our faces our sin or how we ran away, but gives us a second chance. He always looks out for us, and is happy when we realize how much we need him in our lives. In the end of the movie the mother of Max does the same for him. She welcomes him home with a warm hug, tears & prepares a meal for him. She, I am sure was saddened by what we had done (just as God is when we turn our backs on him), but is willing to forgive. It just reminded me how much God does for me, and how little I am able to do on my own. I need to fully surrender to God daily. This may be a little deep for what was meant to be a youthful movie, but just thought I'd share.

Caroline