Rise Again Pt 2

It's funny how my last post was named Rise Again.  I didn't plan it like that..
You see last night I went to see Batman The Dark Knight Rises.  It was a good day for it.  The last several days have been a fight for a number of reasons which I won't go into.  Yesterday it got to the point where a morale boost was called for.
I would be remiss if I didn't write about the movie because I am after all a writer.  If I'm going to spend time writing non fiction essays I also need to spend time with my first love which is adventure/fiction.
The elements that caught my attention and what made The Dark Knight Rises a memorable story were several.
The main character overcame serious setback time and again in his struggle with the nemesis.  In fact he took such a terrible fall that it appeared to be hopeless for him.
I can recall writing a story a while back for someone.  It was a story about courage in the face of extreme danger.  At the time I felt intense fear.  To say that I wasn't afraid would have been a total fabrication.  In fact I didn't really try to hide my fear in the story that I wrote but indicated that I was afraid and that I was relying on faith to get me through my fear.  At least that's the point I was trying to get across.
That story also included a fall.  Reaping and sowing?  I wouldn't be surprised.
The second thing that caught my attention was the fact that I tried really hard to get somebody to go with me to see the movie but I was rejected.  I recall how it seemed that everyone but me was against the idea.  Even at work last week a fellow employee brought in a box of old movies which seemed to indicate that I was to play it safe, save my money, wait for it to come out on DVD.
But something occurred to me.  Isn't that what I did a few years back?  When The Voyage of the Dawn Treader came out I waited till it was gone from the movie theaters.  And I never got to see it.  Then as today my excuses for not going would have been very much the same.
It basically boils down to the rejection issue.  Because I couldn't find a person to go see it with I assumed that God was against it.
It appears that might not be the case.  Earlier this year I stepped out into what God was calling me to do and I went despite my fears and despite the fact that I went with myself.  That didn't stop God from moving powerfully through me.  It didn't stop God from moving powerfully through me when I got the petition signed for VOM either.  The thing is when it's just you and God it can be a very powerful motivator to lean on God with all your trust.
The main character in the movie was viewed as an outcast by the very people he was trying to help.  That's how it was with the character in my story, too.
It's funny how I just now remembered the ending.  It seemed kind of anticlimactic after all the action but now I realize the importance of it.  :)
By Grace,
Travis

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