so last night i watched the movie, the nativity story, and it rocked my world. seriously, it has now joined my top five favorite movies. (for your interest the other four include titanic, finding neverland, love actually, and pride and prejudice). oh, i could watch those over and over again…
im not one for super spiritual and cheesy things. and i know by the sound of the movie one would think its real cheesy, but its not. its just an actual movie that puts the birth of christ in a real personal light, lets us see what it was really like back then.
yall mary had never had sex and she was pregnant! weve grown up saying and knowing that, but do we really grasp that fact? god PUT a baby in her womb. i freak out and wonder if god will ever provide for me when little details are not lining up the way i would prefer them to. and god really does what he pleases, he PUT a baby in her tummy all for his glory.
how intense it must have been for jospeh to find his future wife, who is supposed to be remaining pure, preggers! i love how the movie handles that situation. you can really see the shame on marys families faces and the anger in josephs. everyone thought mary was crazy, but she knew she wasnt. the angel had told her. that is all she had to go off. today, i have the whole word of god and his holy spirit to go off of in order to believe and have faith, and my faith is nothing like marys.
i know im not a parent or anything so i dont quite know what it is like to parent a child. but can you imagine preparing to attempt parenting the son of god? in the movie joseph says something like, “what will i be able to teach the son of god?” so true and humbling
i think the wise men were my favorite part of the movie. all they knew of the this future messiah was that there was to be a star. so they followed it. again, following a star, thats not normal. they gave up comfort, food, their families, all that they had in order to welcome the messiah. it took days, no months, for them to travel, by camel have you, so that they could worship their king.
honestly, such a perspective building movie…highly highly recommend it. at the end i really just worshipped jesus, that god became flesh. i love that word emmanuel, god with us. god is not just seated in his throne, but he is now intimately with us. he gave up all to be with us, in order to draw us near god. i dont think i realize what a huge deal that really is. he humbled himself, became human for a whole bunch of sinners who really dont deserve it, in order to present us to god. wow, thats humbling…
so if you are not quite in the christmas spirit, or the actual true christmas spirit, not just buddy the elf spirit, watch this movie!
everyone back then lived their lives waiting for this messiah, and he actually came. god really does fulfill his promises katherine. he is not slow.
