My Religious Class4 just had a film-viewing and I kinda like to share it to you what I had submitted..
I. Summary
Another inspirational movie about going back to your lost faith especially when you are engaged in relationships with other people. The story is about saving your marriage which is compared to be in a fire. Here, the couples Catherine and Caleb are in their seventh year of marriage but for them, it is like going to nowhere.
Both blames the other to be disrespectful and selfish and I guess all the negative adjectives towards each other were their reasons. But, something had saved them. It went through difficult times, but still, it ended right. It is like going through a huge blackhole, but you would not have to fear because inspite of the darkness you believe that on the other side of the hole, lightness comes in.
Caleb is such a lucky son. His parents love him so dearly and they brought him back to his faith with the Lord. His dad had given him a some sort of a diary where there were written tasks for 40 days. Each day comes with a verse from the Bible which proves that our Lord will be always on our side. Going through all the tasks had been so difficult to Caleb because everytime he tries to save his marriage, his wife also constantly rejects them. He then asks, “Why does she continue to neglect me even if I’m showing that I still care for her?” – that question struck his own self. God had always given everything good for his life. He had a good job, a good home to live in, unfortunately, a shaky marriage. But, did Caleb accept this love from God? How could he even show his true love to his wife if he even does not have? There is one most important thing I also learned from a book entitled “The Purpose Driven Life”and it goes like this: “You cannot give what you don’t have.”
That was exactly the problem of their marriage. They had forgotten how to love the One Above who is the center of all the love in the world. He has the most amazing things for us and plans every perfect thing in the world for us even if we still haven’t thought about it.
The story ended like what I expected. Catherine also realized that she too had some faults. She did not even bother to appreciate what her husband has been trying to do to save their marriage when Caleb was still in the process of finishing the tasks.
Caleb went all through of it, in fact, he was on the 43rd day but he said, “Who says that I should stop?” – a line which also struck me. Absolutely. Why should he stop if God is always with him.
Fireproof was such a great movie. I even had teary eyes while watching it.
And here's my reflection:
I really do not know if I could relate to this because I am still single. Though I had been on a girlfriend/boyfriend relationships before, I could say that my knowledge is still not enough to know the true meaning of love. I mean, yes I do have felt true love from my family but when it comes to my opposite sex, I guess I am still on the process and I am, yes I am, learning from it. I had been to breakups and heartaches and they all just end up the same with the other. Broken.
It has been a while since I was single. I am turning 21, and I am not hurrying though. And during these times, I am so thankful that I had realized many things. I had been once again freed from a tie which I had entered to but it is certainly not a tie for a true commitment. I guess all was just a show-off or should I say a puppy love. A relationship which is going nowhere where I and my partner were not even thinking what might be in store for our future.
But when I was back to myself, I had gained a lot of true friends which I did not have when I was still in a relationship. I was engaged to activities that I never imagine that I could do. I was surprisingly active in school activities again. I was able to show my talents and capabilities and as well as give quality time to my parents. I even got closer with them as well as to my cousins. I also even have more time for pampering myself. And most importantly, I had been back to Him who longs for me so much. I mean, I never forget about Him even when I still had a boyfriend. But, it is much more different recently because I am more focused on serving Him which is so much fulfilling. I was back to life! I am certainly happy right now in my life.
Like some other girls, I could not deny that letting go and moving on is easy. Yes, it is like going through hell, crying all over again for what had happened. But see, God is always here for us. Lately, I had been to Bible reading again. It may sound funny to you, but I enjoy reading Children’s Bible Stories. I enjoy reading its friendly words and watching the pictures.
Going back to the movie, marriage is such a sacred thing God had given as one of His gifts. It is like His relationship with the Church. Marriage is not something that you could go into it whenever you like it and goes out when you don’t feel good about it at all. It is a long journey between your partner centered in God’s eternal and unconditional love.
And as a single youth and as a Christian, while I’m waiting for my husband-to-be, I will serve Him and continue to worship Him. I will follow Him and do the things He had carefully planned for me. So that when the perfect time comes when I got to see not only my Prince Charming, but also my Knight-in-Shining Armor, or should I say simply, my hero, it would be definitely be FIREPROOF.
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