Destiny and.... Noodles?

I know. I know what your saying right now.

"Really VJ? You really chose Kung-fu Panda as your first movie to look into for deeper meaning?"

Yea...


I went there...




If that doesn't quench your curiosity than keep reading and stay tuned for more exploration into
Kung-Fu Panda.




We are first introduced to Po in an extravagant dream of his. A dream filled with kung-fu, and feats of greatness. 


 He wants to be a great kung-fu master. He longs for greatness, almost as if he is destined for it, but ,of course, reality sets in as Po wakes up from his dream. Po wakes up to a life that is centered around his job and controlled by pleasing his "father" who is (also his boss) clearly not his true father. 


 He has spent his entire life being fed the lie that he is already living out his destiny in his mediocre, unhappy, passionless noodle-making existence. He is told that any dream outside of this mediocrity is foolish. 


Stop


Can we see ourselves in this yet?


Can we step back for a minute and put this tale in perspective?


I know that i can see myself just a few years ago buying into the same lie that Po bought into: that i was destined for mediocrity. That i could spend my whole life consumed by the day to day business of work and living in America and i would never have reason to do anything more significant than that.


Are you living consumed in the day to day? Are you (as Colossians 3 say) shuffling along with your head down, only focusing on the things that pertain to you?


Have your dreams been crushed and shattered by the wrecking crew to disappointment, or the tsunami of fear?


Have your passion and your dream become simply a passing memory?


Are they only something from your youth? Something you matured out of?


You have been fed the lie of the enemy.
The lie that you are not made for anything greater than where you are right now,
that your not going anywhere in life.


Have you been buying into that lie?


Has the lie become a reality?


Only you can decide

Coming soon: More behind the Movie (MbM)

Is there ever a reason to watch a movie more than once? 

I never really thought so. 

Then I began to observe the feelings that other people expressed when they returned to re-watch a movie. Some would do so simply because of the group of people they were enjoying it with, while others just loved it; whether they were by themselves or with friends. I noticed more and more people had these specific movies that they could watch 100 times and not get tired of. It is this occurrence that I want to dwell on, study, and experience together with you.

Now that i think about it, one of my favorites is Braveheart. I feel like the movie is telling a part of my story that has already happened, and a part that will happen.

How about you? Do you feel this way about your favorites?

Is there a united reason for people like me?

 I believe so. 

I believe that the movies we will never get tired of, whether new or old, are that way because they in some way touch our hearts. Whether it is our dreams, passions, imaginations, or our past, something about the movie deeply relates to our lives.

That is why I believe that these movies have significance that is worth exploring and experiencing again and again through a new lens.

So, coming soon i will begin publishing my deeper journey through some more popular movies in which we can see the human story.

Comment here or on Facebook with your favorite movie and maybe i will take a deeper journey through those as well.
Or
Send me your own deeper journey through one of your favorite movies and i will publish it on
The PlunGE!

Please send your deeper journey to tunkfd@optonline.net

Thank you for your contributions!

Heart Cry

God, these are the thing my heart longs for:  

(hear my cry)

To know you more everyday and never fall back into only knowing about you;  

To be broken over injustice of any kind and over any kind of sin in my life;

To be joined in a community of believers who are fully (heart and soul, as David's armor bearer) committed to each other, and to be a part of leading that community;

To be joined in relationship with my future wife in a way that most fully acts out the love of Christ for His people;

To be used greatly in the radical life change of others around the world; 

To impact the world and unite the body to do the same;

To be humble above all else in service and in everything I do;

To lead a family who's only objective is bringing God glory by whatever means necessary;

To live a life that draws the questioner closer, not pushing the back into darkness;

To create a home environment that is welcoming although maybe not pretty,

and

To give--no, not just give--to EXPLODE with extravagant SACRIFICE for family, community, neighborhood, church, the lost, and the kingdom all for God's glory:

To give of myself as God constantly and eternally gives of Himself. 

  Hear my cry, Have your glory.