Sing, Bing

Whenever anyone sits down to watch a movie, a quest is made for a kernel of relativity. What point of the film can be applied to life? What is the one point I can relate to?

I love when these points focus back to God and how I can apply it to my life. Especially when they are things that I learn, forget, and then learn again.

Tonight I sat down to watch the movie The Bell's of St. Mary's, which stars Ingrid Bergman, Spencer Tracy, and the affectionate actor we all know as Clarence from It's a Wonderful Life. Tracy enters the movie as a priest taking over the Catholic school, run by Sister Superior (Bergman). The school is old and dilapidated; in need of many repairs for fear that it will be closed down. Bergman is convinced that the school will not be closed, and when Tracy questions her as to why she is so staunch in her belief, she gives him an answer he is not expecting. Her and the other sisters have been praying for the owner of the new building in process of being built to be given over the nuns. She says he will wake up one morning and decide to give them the building. In the end, he does, and her prayer is answered.

But Bergman's character faces opposition from Tracy. His disbelief in her prayers is enough for anyone in the audience to side with him. Those kinds of requests just aren't answered in everday life, or at least that's what I lead myself to believe. I can't even remember the last time I truly prayed for something big.

I want to pray for big things. I can be sure that God hears my prayer requests, but I find difficulty in believing the things I pray for are worth while. How do I even know they are in accordance with God's will?

I need to stop thinkng about it and just do it.

Here's the assurance I can grip:

1 John 5:14-15
¹⁴This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

Alright. So now I just need to ponder what I should really devote my time into praying for. I know God will reveal it to me soon.

Oh. I also recommend the movie. It was a very entertaining watch.

Here's the trailer.
Ding Dong, The Bell's of St. Mary's