doomed to dispar...?

I watch movies all of time - you may have already suspected this. Old, new: it doens't matter! Action, drama, comedy, romance, suspense, most any genre - it is my favorite means of escape. Movies I really enjoy, I generally watch more than once (with the exception of some that are so affecting that I don't think I can handle another viewing), but - there are many that I've watched countless numbers of times. One of my current binges is with Mr. and Mrs. Smith (M&MS) and also the Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Now l just watched Armageddon for the umpteenth time and my mind took up that movie and M&MS. Here is where it went. We need to work together and be on the same page to do so or things don't go smoothly and problems are increasingly likely to be encountered - those very problems are not going to be resolved as best they could be.

Armageddon is a thoroughly suspenseful and enjoyable all-star (Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, among so many others ) action drama laced with romance. In Armageddon, two groups of people teamed together with the support of another group for the noble cause of saving the world from complete utter destruction. With this highest of motivations, and even calling upon God Himself, their efforts still self-destruct. Until they get on one accord instead of self-driven motivation, they are in a losing battle beaten mostly by themselves.

I plan to treat M&MS on its own merits, but in this comparison, you have a couple who have been co-existing with separate lives/agendas. They found themselves needing to together fight forces against them, but initially they were ineffective. As they band together, a symmetry develops between them, wondrously danced - watch closely - with which they were able to overcome overwhelming adversity.

Our church just recently went through a very painful destructive parting of the ways. Odd, huh? - since Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Those of us who remain are moving into the dance of oneness as the Bride of Christ giving great effort to focusing on His lead. It is not the 'Rodney King' can't we all just get along? for doing God's will is at risk - and that is the very crux of the matter. Even 'co-laboring disciples of old, like Paul and Barnabas (who wrestled with this issue at some point and time and resolved to go in separate directions) weren't deep enough to overcome such disparity?

God help us! Keep us one, Christ-minded, in you! Thy kingdom come - Thy will be done.

"That's marriage isn't it?" from M&MS.