The Good Lie

I have to return a movie to the library today. So I thought it would be a good day to write about it. I have been mulling it over for several days now. One critic said it is a movie that simultaneously enlightens and inspires. It does that and left me silent.

What I saw was the power of the gospel. What I saw was the power of sacrifices. What I saw was that I have much more room to grow in both areas. The movie so stuck a cord with me that during it I found myself starting to pray about the needs of the characters. I had to remind myself this is just a movie. This stuff has already happened.

"In 1983, orphans of the civil war in Sudan, known as The Lost Boys, traveled nearly a thousand miles on foot, enduring unspeakable circumstances in search of refuge. Over a decade later, a humanitarian effort would bring thousands of these survivors to America. The Good Lie is the uplifting, true-to-life tale of four friends' journey from their devastated homeland to the foreign world that is modern America, and the people who helped empower them to begin again." (Movie Jacket)

The movie is PG-13, and I started making my 13-year-old watch it with me. Just the first few minutes about the civil war were enough for me to let her move on to another activity for the evening. Parents, the scenes are not graphic. It was because of the heartache that comes with them that I was glad she did not watch the whole movie.

Refuges are now on my radar thanks to this movie. I have learned more about something I never thought about. Now that is something.