Absolute Sith!

Well, it's finally done. I've seen my last Star Wars movie for the first time. The other night my wife and I went to see Revenge of the Sith. I would have to say, I enjoyed almost all of it. The effects were well done, the Saber battles exhilerating, the story tied together rather well to the old trilogy...overall it was a thrilling experience.

If I could narrow my dissapointments down to 2 aspects, it would be 1) It ended. I wanted more. More story...more exposition...more Star Wars. 2) Lucas's philosphy. Maybe some of you didn't catch the little one-liner "Only the Sith think in absolutes." Let's face it, thinking absolutely is not evil. However Lucas thinks so..which in itself doesn't bug me nor surprise me that much. However, it does when he has to throw it into one of the most beloved stories told on screen in this last century. I should probably give him the benefit of the doubt. Anakin was not listening to reason..so in one way, I guess, he was absolutely out of his mind. But knowing the large cultural battle around relative truth, I think there was a very purposeful agenda behind it. Lucas had every right to do it. It's his script, his story, his money. So maybe the fault is mine for attatching myself to something so endearingly.
I don't know. I've seen it twice and I can't wait to buy the DVD .

No Greater Joy!

Tonight I felt the need to sit with my son David and just talk with him while he went to bed. He is 6 and could talk all night.
Tonight he opened the window of his heart to me.
He started asking me questions about God.
"Dad, tell me about God."
As the hour went by, we talked about how God created everything and how God created him and how he was special. One thing led to another and eventually I could see a real earnestness about him.

He told me that he wanted to hear God speak to him. He was confused why he couldn't hear Him.
I tried to explain to him that God doesn't do that like He used to but I told him that I would pray that God would speak to him.
Within a moment of that, He then said to me, out of the blue, with all conviction,
"God wants me to love evertbody. Not just the people I know."
I said, "David, who told you that?"
"Nobody." he said.
"Yes. Somebody did. God did. He spoke to your heart truth and then you said it out loud to me."
He seemed really touched and moved by that. He told me that Jesus' love was inside of his heart and then he prayed..(which he rarely does) He prayed for Jesus to take his sin away and stay in his heart. He then told me that he wants to tell people about Jesus. It was an amazing moment. We bonded like we never have before. The joy is so full in my heart that I can hardly stand it.