The Believer
I saw a great scene in the movie “The Count of Monte Cristo” where the hero had been betrayed by a good friend and was languishing in prison. Through a series of crazy (providential) events, he met an old holy man, also wrongfully imprisoned. Just before the young man and the priest were to escape, there was a rockslide that fatally injured the old man. He looked at the young man and said “Go with God.” The hero scoffed and said “I don’t believe in God.”The holy man smiled, about to take his last breath and said:
“That’s okay, He believes in you!”
August 4th, 2006 at 11:27 am
One of my all time favorite movies! And what a simple and direct and yet incredibly powerful comment about out loving Father. He believes in YOU. When Peter stepped out of the boat and begain to sink, who did he lose faith in? Himself. But Jesus had faith in him, and in us, to be all that He has in store for us. I believe that God wants to do great things in our lives, and yet, we are the ones who lose faith…in ourselves. Thank God that that HE never gives up on us!
August 4th, 2006 at 11:36 am
Thanks Bill… astute and succinct.
I think of Jesus forever being in the form of a man now, instead of a “glorified spirit”- showing that He so identifies with us, cheering us on as one of us- what humility and condescension… What Love!!