Freedom Fighter

So it's 1:30 a.m. Tomorrow I work 12 hours. Just finished watching The Patriot with Beth, Tim, Ellie, Bruce, Liane, Ash, and Keith. Hadn't seen that one before. Can't stand swords. But I love movies where people are fighting for freedom. Can't stand bloodshed. My stomach was nasty queasy the whole time. But there is something so right about fighting for freedom.

One of my favorite movies of all time has to be Braveheart. I've only seen it twice, and I can't remember a whole lot about it, but I know it hit me in the gut like a sledgehammer to the head. The Patriot wasn't too bad either. But I think my favorite Mel-Gibson-leads-the-people-to-freedom-movie is the one where he doesn't even act. The Passion of the Christ. Think about it.

I hate movies where the hero dies. I think producers who make movies like that are sick. But in real life, heroes do die. Soldiers, martyrs, people who make a difference without ever becoming heroes...everyone dies. They say that everyone dies, few really live. Well I know of only one hero who really lived, died, and then lived again. To free people from something they could never free themselves from.

Whoa, I just opened my Bible...looking for a verse, but not knowing which verse I'm looking for, and here's where I opened to:

John 12:23-27
"Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? "Father, save me from this hour"? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour."

Here's another one of my favorites:

Romans 5:6-8
"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But Christ demonstrates his own love for us in this: Wile we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I don't know what else to write...sometimes I think it's so futile to try and explain stuff in the Bible...not because it can't be explained, but just because how can I expand on what God said so perfectly? And so now I will try to sleep. With visions of war in my head. Blood. Death. And ultimately, freedom.

Are you free? Are you thankful for your freedom? 'Cause it cost someone an awful lot.