Facing The Giants is a christian based movie. It is an excellent film. It has a football theme to it. But even if you aren't a big fan of football you will probably still love this movie if you are a Believer in Jesus. I am definitely not a big football fan and neither is my husband.(And that's saying a lot living in SeaHawk territory LOL) But we both love it.
Anywho, there is a question the central character really grapples with during the film. It is "Will I Still Love God?" It centers around one conflict for him and his wife. They have tried unsuccessfully for 4 years to have a child. There is a particular scene where his wife has gone to the doctor for what has become a seemingly routine disappointment. She goes for a pregnancy test only to be told it is negative. She leaves the doctor office obviously upset. She pauses outside the vehicle she is driving and prays. She tearfully tells God, "I will still love You, Lord. If we never have children, I will still love You." As she is praying, a nurse comes joyfully running out to tell her that there a mix up with names on charts and that she is in fact pregnant.
This scene is always heart wrenching for me because I fear that someday I will face this myself. I am 34 and very recently married. My husband and I are nowhere near ready for children at this point in time. And being an older newlywed, I fear that by the time we are ready, it may be too late for us to have children. Or there may be a possibilty of infertility whether me or my husband. I cry not for the moving of emotions during this scene but for a deep rooted fear in my heart brought to the surface.
The overall theme of the movie is "With God, all things are possible." I take great comfort in that fact when this fear arises in my heart. It seems that the odds are stacked against us. There are more odds than I wish to share here as they are personal. But my GOD is so much BIGGER than my greatest fear. And He knows my needs before I ask. He also knows the desires of my heart for He put them there. I do pray someday to have children all the time.
I do however ask myself that question: If my greatest fear is realized, and we cannot have any children, Will I Still Love God? I pray in faith that if this is to be my trial, I can accept it without anger and glorify God in it. And Love HIM? OH YES!! Above all others!! Even in that possibility of a great heartbreak. It will be bitter waters for me. But MY LORD will make them sweet in the end!!
Anywho, there is a question the central character really grapples with during the film. It is "Will I Still Love God?" It centers around one conflict for him and his wife. They have tried unsuccessfully for 4 years to have a child. There is a particular scene where his wife has gone to the doctor for what has become a seemingly routine disappointment. She goes for a pregnancy test only to be told it is negative. She leaves the doctor office obviously upset. She pauses outside the vehicle she is driving and prays. She tearfully tells God, "I will still love You, Lord. If we never have children, I will still love You." As she is praying, a nurse comes joyfully running out to tell her that there a mix up with names on charts and that she is in fact pregnant.
This scene is always heart wrenching for me because I fear that someday I will face this myself. I am 34 and very recently married. My husband and I are nowhere near ready for children at this point in time. And being an older newlywed, I fear that by the time we are ready, it may be too late for us to have children. Or there may be a possibilty of infertility whether me or my husband. I cry not for the moving of emotions during this scene but for a deep rooted fear in my heart brought to the surface.
The overall theme of the movie is "With God, all things are possible." I take great comfort in that fact when this fear arises in my heart. It seems that the odds are stacked against us. There are more odds than I wish to share here as they are personal. But my GOD is so much BIGGER than my greatest fear. And He knows my needs before I ask. He also knows the desires of my heart for He put them there. I do pray someday to have children all the time.
I do however ask myself that question: If my greatest fear is realized, and we cannot have any children, Will I Still Love God? I pray in faith that if this is to be my trial, I can accept it without anger and glorify God in it. And Love HIM? OH YES!! Above all others!! Even in that possibility of a great heartbreak. It will be bitter waters for me. But MY LORD will make them sweet in the end!!
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