Doug Van Pelt

Seven Pounds of Messianic Thrust

Wow! I finally watched this movie with my wife. I'd been hearing great feedback on this Will Smith movie -- Seven Pounds. With Will Smith's typical characterization and lovable personality, he incarnates a story about someone giving of himself to others. It has HUGE messianic or Christ-like love.

Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
(John 15:13)

What a beautiful story to tell, where this guy gives of himself (literally, with organ donorship) to help others.

The big things/big events, like the organ gifts, are huge and mind-blowing; but it's the little things, like when he sneaks into this girl's garage (Emily, played by Rosario Dawson) to fix her Heidelberg Press. His love is practical, anonymous (at first) and purposeful.

When a lady who has been battered by her husband finally contacts Smith's character, she is lost for words, but knows that she needed to reach out. He dropped what he was doing and set his well-thought plan into motion.

Inspirational ... to the max.

Wow! This was more emotional than an episode of Grey's Anatomy!

I am glad to be pushed to think about loving extravagantly. So much like God's love. I want to do something really tiny, which this reminds me of. I want to contact a prison chaplain and get their advice on finding a person that could use some company ... and I want to spend some time visiting that person. We'll see.

Does anyone out there have their own unique ideas on giving to others?

Posted by Doug Van Pelt at June 5, 2009 07:24 AM