Those three movies?
1. Remember Me
2. My Sister's Keeper
3. The Passion of Christ
The one that sticks with me most is Remember Me. Why? Because it relays a story of possible true events leading up to 9/11. You connect with the life of this character Tyler (played by Robert Pattinson) and his everyday struggles. You meet his family and friends and see the difficulty of his life. You are introduced into his love life and experience it with him.
**Warning: If you haven't seen the movie, this WILL spoil it for you**
As the movie and story progresses, you are captivated into his life. Rooting for his love with Ally (Emilie de Ravin) and finding warmth in his relationship with his 11 year old sister, you fall in love with Tyler's story. You learn that they have already lost their brother. But after some events, Tyler goes to visit his dad at work. As he stands in his father's office waiting for his dad to get to work, you watch as he stares out of the window. In the next moments, it zooms out, flashes to a scene in his sister's class with September 11, 2001 written on the board, then the building reappears and you see the planes.
The thing I remember most was his face. He had no idea what was going on. He stood there, but you can just imagine the panic of the people he loved. His father, who was supposed to be in that very office. His sister, who sat in a class room, already lost a brother. His girlfriend, who he had just reconciled with, laying in his apartment.
I cried. And I sobbed for about an hour afterward. Over this picture of remake of a true life event.
But last night, after the Spring Tea, I sat and considered: is my view of Christ's crucifixion merely as shallow as my view of entertainment?
After the actual events of 9/11, many people throughout the nation came together and prayed to God. There seemed to be a cry to God. But after it all, how many of those same people remember him now?
When we experience these tragedies, something within us cries out for a God to do justice. However, we do not expect Him to do anything about our everyday lives.
When I think about the Passion of Christ, I wept. I cry because of all He endured for me. But have I forgotten that He did that for me? That He died, yes, but have I forgotten that He rose from the dead? Have I forgotten that He has victory over death. He has mastered death.
Jesus Christ is ALIVE. I do not want to look at the cross and merely cry about it. I want the cross to be an example of my life. That just as Christ has died, so I have died. Just as He has conquered death, I have conquered death in HIM. Just as He rose to new life, I am ALIVE in Him!
When I think about Christ's death and resurrection, I do not merely want it to be entertainment. A nice story that a man would die for my sins. No! I want it to change the way I live. I want it to change the way I live life. It SHOULD do those things. But most of the time, we forget about it. We forget what God has done. When really, it should be at the core of who we are as Christians...
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"For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin... Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus." [Romans 6:5-7, 11]
"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." [Galatians 2:20]
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