Courageous...More Than A Movie

Courageous is more than a movie. It's a movie that delivers a powerful message centered around five men, their roles as fathers, and the role God and faith plays in being better overall fathers. It's a theme that anyone, not just fathers can relate to, or at least aspire to.

The film dealt with different approaches one can take towards faith, but the end result was the same. If you put your trust in God, God will be there for you. Sure there are many instances in our lives where we've questioned his existence, or if there are things that go wrong in our lives, we question if he's there or not. I know there's been times when I have, but I no longer feel that way, as I've placed my faith in God. In many ways, that's what this film tries to drive across. Sure there's parts of the film that were layed on a little too thick, and parts where it wasn't realistic, but that's not the point.

Wherever you are in your walk with God, you could benefit from seeing this film. Even for those that don't believe. It's that touching. Sure there were people that walked out, and I'm guessing they are the same type of people that walked out during the MercyMe concert earlier this past Summer, but that's really to be expected. As I mentioned there are scenes in the film where the message they are trying to drive across is played on a bit too thick. For instance, Javier loses his job in the film, (pay attention to the cross on the wall when he's talking to his wife, that's the first instance of faith in the film) goes out looking for a job, and a day or so later, after striking out on a job he thought he had lined up, he questions his faith and says a prayer to himself while walking, and as soon as he done, someone calls him from across the street by name (assuming he was the guy that was scheduled to work, which he wasn't) and instantly his prayers were answered.

For myself watching, it was completely unrealistic, but it's not that it's unrealistic that matters, it's the point being reached. The point being if you put your trust and faith in the lord, he will watch out for you. Maybe in not the way you may expect it, or want, but things happen for a reason. Sure we may not know that that reason is at the time, and probably won't for years to come, but they do. For myself, I've always believed that God works in mysterious ways. Ways that we simply don't understand, but like I said, they happen for a reason. It's another point this film delivers.