UP

I went with the big kids to see the movie "Up" in 3D. It is a great movie. It has all the ingredients that make a movie a must see for me. It had humor, a tug at the heart, and a message to walk away with.

The humor was the dogs. The dogs are hysterical. I am looking forward to the day, when Asher is old enough to get a dog. Age really isn't the issue, but that is the best way to explain it. Asher would kill a dog or a dog would kill him at this point. Or my wife and I would kill them both. We have to wait until death is not a probable outcome before we get a dog.

The heart tug was the story of the man and the boy. The man loves his wife. I love to see a man who loves his wife. A man ought to adore the bride he sought and convinced to marry him. It made me thankful for the sweet wife the Lord gave me and that I begged and pleaded with to marry me.

The boy comes from a split home and it reminds us that divorce stinks. It's bad for the husband and the wife. It's bad for kids. It's bad for society. People that marry need to stay together. And they don't need to simply live under the same roof and tolerate each other. They need to love each other and care for the other more than they do themselves. Marriage works when both a husband and wife make sure that they give more than they get and love their spouse the way Jesus loves those He's redeemed.

The message, along with the fact that divorce stinks, is that life is an adventure. Even though the adventures of our lives are not always the ones we thought they'd be. Our life is meant to be an emotional, relational, communal adventure that we take with God as our guide. We have to let go of what is behind and strain forward toward what is ahead. God has the adventure planned for us. It's going to be hard. There will be days when we will hate it. Sometimes we will love it. Most of it will be forgotten. But when we take it with the people and the God we love, it's quite a ride.

It was a good movie and a good day. Hope you had a good one too.