wonder woman

I write this as an ordinary person, not with any elite or special credentials. Mainly to remember my thoughts. I just watched Wonder Woman, I didn't watch any trailers but just heard it was good. I'm glad I didn't watch the trailers actually so everything I watched was all unexpected. I didn't know very much about Wonder Woman so many things were surprising which I like!

Now, what stood out was how they mentioned the evil of mankind. Other movies have villains and terrible things that happen that must be addressed, however, they explicit talked about the evil of man. As unreal as God sometimes feel for me even though I have the intellectual knowledge of Him, the world still sense morality in this world. There is this inner evil in man. Somewhat related, it made me recall a message I once heard at Pacific Crossroads Church that talked about "stories". We all love stories regardless if we are well learned in literature or not. And in stories there are heroes and saviors. In our story, Jesus is the Savior. And He is real. I pray for those who have fallen from the belief of God will recall the story of Jesus and how He is the answer of our needs. Even in the good things like relationships, career, they can become idols over our Creator.

As we get older we experience more, this year I've experienced and have heard more deaths than I like, and closer than I'd like. Death of my dad, death of my kid at work, death of friends' loved ones have hit harder and mere intellectual belief will not suffice. Then there's the evil in this world of murder of far or close people, kidnapping, hurt, betrayal that I hope will never happen in my life. Belief in Jesus that He died for us must be real to us when no one is looking.




Now on another topic about women and how Wonder Women is so fierce, or whatever word you'd like. I could see how some Christian writers may say how this isn't what a woman is to be like. I am not too sure yet or read specific things on that. The Bible show that women are to be prudent, wise, submissive, loving, hospitable, Proverbs 31 stating she's hard working, fears God, etc. She isn't a weakling. Maybe the word "submissive" stands out and sounds too inferior. However, it is how we view it and use it that makes the difference. Husbands are to be respected by women, husbands are to lead. A women is not strong if she argues and dominates over him, she is strong when she shares her wisdom and prays for her husband and encourages him and hopes for the best of him and respects him and submits by allowing him to lead. Leadership isn't dominating, it is serving. Husbands serve their wives and cherish her and washes her with the Word, prays for her, honors her with his speech. In the process of our culture pushing for women's rights, it is true that we are to be treated equally, however we were also created for different roles. I am not a wife and have much more to learn in regards to this so this is incomplete and will be a learning process.

to be continued.. maybe