It is exciting times when the movies offer as much revelation as the church meeting. How wonderful is it that people pay top dollar to go to Sunday school at the local theater. The super-sized plus is that you get great popcorn, are not required to be still (but most of the time you want to), and you can have fun.
I am excited that Hollywood has a mysterious God and not some being who is reduced down to sever predictable points that we can all manipulate by demanding His obedience to some written code book. God is a God of intrigue and that aspect of Him often causes us to pout and whine. "If He loved me he would do what I want", "If He knew what I was going through he would help me out".
Those who practice the contemplative life enjoy the portrayal of God when humanity seeks to control and argue. "And poof, he is gone". I love/hate it when God acts out in his Godliness and refuses to sink to my level. It reminds we that his very presence is a statement of his unending love and I need to get beyond by self-love and enjoy him.
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