this weekend i watched "the guardian" with kevin costner and ashton kutcher. other then the fact it was a top gun rip off i really enjoyed the movie.
kevin is an old swimmer from the coast guard who loses his whole crew in alaska. he tends to have a lot of flash backs about losing his friends. ( sound familiar maverick and goose). they send him to teach at the a-school. (enter ashton) the young punk kid who excels at everything. kevin spends the movie teaching ashton it is not about himself.
during the movie they flashed this line across the screen. "so others might live." it reminded me of the christian purpose. dont we live our lives so others will see truth in us. dont we live our lives focused on the other in order so they might live. of course you can not really compare us to the coast guard because they just temporarily save people. i am definately not wanting to take away from the coast guard. i am very thankful that they risk their lives to save others.
but it just makes me wonder. if the coast guard is willing to risk their lives for saving someones life temporarily. then what should we do as christians be willing to do to save lives eternally?
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