James and I watched Blood Diamond last night and I thought it was a very sad movie, but also with a good message. I think my favorite one of it was between Solomon and his son Dia.
Dia is stolen away by rebel troops and forced to learn how to shoot, kill, be a soldier. They take his identity away, he it taught to deny his father, hate him... enough to kill him.
Although its not the main part of the story... Solomon is continuously searching for Dia. At the very end of the movie, Solomon finds himself alone in a little cove of jungle on the opposite end of a gun Dia is pointing at him. And there, in that moment, Solomon says the most poignant monologue of the movie to try to stop Dia from shooting him. He reminds him who he is.
He says: "You are dia vandi of the proud mindy tribe, you are a good boy, who loves soccer, and school. Your mother loves you so much, she waits back for you making plaintains and stew with your sister and the new baby. The cows wait for you, and baboo, the wild dog who wants no one but you. I know they made you do bad things, you are not a bad boy, I am your father who loves you and you will come home with me and you will be my son again. "
I feel like sometimes when we go so far off track it is God reminding us the same thing as we point fingers at Him, saying things that aren't true, holding on to false identities, false truths, that this world can give us more than He ever can. And it is in moments of crying out to Him. Being on the brink of turning our backs, forever He looks at us, with deep, wise, sorrowful eyes and says "You are my child. Your family loves you so much. We are waiting for you to come home, we are preparing a feast for you, and everyone is anticipating your return. I know that you've done bad things, but you are not bad. I am you Father who loves you and you will come to me, and you will be my child again."
I love how in this moment, Solomon doesn't care about anything else. Not that he has a gun pointed at him, by the one person he's been searching for. He doesn't care what Dia has done because deep inside he knows exactly who Dia is. How often do we say to God: "its no use, we will continue in our evil ways" as the Israelites did in Jeremiah. And yet God calls us back, over and over and over again.
how awesome is that.
About Me
- Ana
- Spokane, Washington, United States
- I graduated from the University of Washington June 2005 with a degree in Neurobiology and a minor in Chemistry. I took the year off to volunteer my time at physical therapy clinics, apply to physical therapy school, and live in Brasil for 4 months, learning how to speak portuguese and getting to know my family better. Now that the year is up, and I've successfully been offered spots in many schools, I've chosen Eastern Washington University in Spokane. Hopefully in June of 2009 I'll be the proud receiver of a doctorate of physical therapy (DPT) and I'll get to take it one step further and work with Special Needs Kids in a clinical setting.
2 comments:
saudades!!!
bjos!!
I just finished up watching Blood Diamond, which is one of my favorite movies, currently. That may just be a lasting dramatic effect, but it teaches many lessons, including the one you wrote about here in your blog. I came across it while searching to learn more about the movie and the situation.
I have to say I enjoyed reading your blog for a few minutes. It sounds like you are really living your life, and could inspire a lot of people with what you are doing. And it's cool that you know some Portuguese. I had a hard time picking up any words while I was in Portugal, even while I was studying Spanish near Madrid for 4 months.
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