movies have hit this concept. For Forrest Gump, it was a box of chocolates and for Alicia Nash it was sticking with and loving a crazy man.
CCX movie club on Friday night the first week we were in Kyiv played the classic, A Beautiful Mind. It’s been a while since I’ve seen that movie, so aside from a few major plot points,
it was like watching the film for the first time. And as the movie progressed, I couldn’t help but be in aspiring awe of John Nash’s wife. I don’t know exactly how closely this movie follows the life of the real mr and mrs Nash. But one thing is for sure, without the support, determination and patience of Alicia, John would have fallen apart and succumbed to his illness.
As we were walking to the metro with a few students, chatting along the way, something hit me rather hard. When you open yourself up, for ministry, in life, in marriage or anything really, you open a can of worms in a way. You never really know what people or what circumstances will show up. You kind of just have to take what you get to a certain extent.
And it was then that I could see a clear difference between success and failure. Those who are able to really embrace whatever life throws at them – be it people, problems, tragedy, fortune, etc, those are the ones that make a difference in the world. Those are the ones that really effect the people around them.
Then I asked myself, is that me? Am I really that open.
As I evaluated I realized that I can definitely be idealistic when it comes to this fork in the road and it can largely hold me back from embracing life fully.
Then I looked at the CCX staff that we were walking with and how they interacted with the students who showed up. How they were excited to get to know them and discuss life, no matter who may have showed up.
I want to be like that. To be as brave and unwavering as Alicia Nash.
It’s funny, it’s not like God backed out when He made the choice to send His son.
When Jesus hung on a cross, He didn’t think about certain types of people He’d want to die for.
He took all. The whole can of worms.
That’s bravery.
Can I strive to live up to it?
I hope so.
