If you haven’t seen the movie “P.S. I Love You” yet, well.., I’m about to ruin a portion of it for you. :-) Hillary Swank is the lead and some ruggedly handsome Irish fella plays her husband. He dies of a brain tumor at the age of 35 and this is where the movie begins. Prior to his death
apparently during his last few weeks, he orchestrated this scheme to send her letters after he was dead and gone; and each letter had a purpose, but his overall purpose and hope was to help her through the grieving process. Each letter ended with the line – “P.S. I Love You”. It was really grand if I say so myself and something I think I would scheme up; because as Karen will attest to, I am a hopeless romantic. One side note, Harry Connick Jr. plays a really odd character in this movie - really quirky, but funny. Oh..., and if you love Irish rock and folk, you'll LOVE the soundtrack, i.e., The Pogues, Flogging Molly, etc...Anyway…, the movie really got me thinking about Jesus and how He was God’s “P.S. I Love You” to the world. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He (Jesus) was in the beginning with God. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” John 1:1-5(NIV) and “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14(NIV)
From the beginning of time as the annals of history were beginning to unfold, God the ultimate Hope-filled and Loving Romantic was writing His Love Story for mankind. He, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and the written HIS-story (The Word or Bible) have been Love letters left behind to help us through the grief and trials of this Life and to help us live out His Kingdom here on earth. “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven” – Yes people we have a role to play. Our deeds and our actions for Him are our Love Letters or “P.S. I Love You” to the world and back to Him. Our Stories have and do intersect with the ultimate Love Story.
What role will you play?
What better time of the year to remember the Ultimate Love Story and what role God wants us to play in it.
Until the next time, remember – “P.S. I Love You” (Well..., most of the time! LOL!!)
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Mike, You more than likely may find this hard to believe, but Flogging Molly is one of my favs. I even have one of their t-shirts and it does have holes in it!! Go figure?
Did you ever wonder what you were going to do when you grew up? This is it. Man, to hear Dad say, "I love you" is awesome and I believe He has those words for you given what you are about to do. So, what is going to be the work you do in this world? Is it a question of the type of job or the money one may earn? Or is it more a question about life itself. Work is an applied effort and totally worth doing especially when we work in the harvest field He has pointed to for us to put our backs to. Work is whatever we put ourselves into, whatever we expend our energy on for the sake of accomplishing or achieving something. Work in this sense is not what we do for a living in His kingdom but what we do with our living in His Kingdom. Don't look back brother; stay focused in the direction He is showing you.
Kev,
Thanks for the encouragement both to Mikie and I! You have been a very good best friend! I am indebted to you!
1- Excellent Post
2- Great Movie...I've always wanted to be an Irish pub-hopper.
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