Let me start off by saying, Yes! I realize this is my second blog about comic book characters. Yes! I realize that makes me a little bit of a dork. Okay. A big dork!
During the last weekend of school, I decided to take the guys to see a movie. We went to see Spiderman 3. Now I’m not really a huge Spiderman fan, although I must admit after watching the first movie I left the theater looking for building to swing off of. (Which is pretty difficult in a town where there are only a couple of buildings over 2 or 3 stories.)
Warning: Spoiler Alert Ahead!
Now I’m not someone who needs to find a huge spiritual undertone to the movies I watch. When I left I couldn’t help but think about the power that hatred and unforgiveness can have in our lives.
In a previous blog, when I said that during training camp we had revival and talked about people confessing sins. What I didn’t tell you was that I had some confessing of my own sins. I was filled with unforgiveness. As soon as I arrived at camp, I felt like God was saying, “Give it up. Do you want to be well?” (See John 5)
If you notice in the movie when Peter realizes the power he has with “Venom” He really starts to enjoy it. But He quickly loses anything that matters anything to him, MJ, the respect of the people and Aunt Mae. When he sees what this false power is doing to him and decides to give it up it’s painful.
There are countless examples in this movie about what unforgiveness can do to you.
In the Church we talk about the power that forgiveness has. We talk about how good it is to forgive. What is the old adage, “Forgive and Forget.” I think we should talk a little more about what unresolved unforgiveness can do to us and the power it yields for destruction in our own lives. I look at what this unforgiveness has done in my life, about the other relationships it has affected, I can’t help but wonder what else it’s done.
