grief

i just watched this movie entitled “Death Sentence”.

it is essentially about how a teenaged boy died in the hands of another boy because of a gang initiation. due to this tragedy, the boy’s “perfect” family started to fall apart as his father started to seek revenge. of course, it is one man against a gang of ruthless people. it started out that the father “successfully” avenged the death of his son by shooting dead the perpetrator, but the guy turns out to be the brother of the gang leader, and this just led to revenge from both sides. essentially, a lot of violence, gunshots, death, etc came into the picture. 

as i watched the movie, something came over me and i started to cry. i believe it is the Holy Spirit in me grieving. even though it was just a movie, but i believe this type of situation is very prevalent in other parts of the world though probably not so, locally. it is sad to see anger consuming us, to see how we can be so consumed in rage and vengeance. there is distrust in God to be the final judge.

and as i looked at my own life, though it is not as “dramatic”, i see glimpses of myself in the movie. well, a mellower version. but still, something i need to ask myself is whether or not i see God as the final judge. do i believe that God will bring justice at the very end?

something else asked in class recently that got me thinking a little. we talk so much about God’s love and grace, but have we become forgetful and not mindful of His judgements? have we taken God’s love and grace and mercy to us for granted?

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