Eat.Pray.Love. G.O.S.P.E.L.

I watched Eat.Pray.Love last night thanks to instant videos on Netflix. I suppose it's meant to be a joyful, uplifting movie of a woman who searches for the meaning of life and finds it in a bowl of spaghetti and countless hours of meditating. By the end of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie, I was anything but joyful and uplifted. I was sad and I felt sad for Liz (Julia Roberts.) She traveled the world, met some amazing people, ate the most delicious food and yet at the end, she gave herself all the glory. After all of that Eating.(chanting/meditation).Loving, she believed she was her own God, and she alone was the source of her own salvation/happiness.

I'm no movie critic. In fact, I've usually taken pride in the fact that I can enjoy a movie at face value and not be overly influenced by my escape from reality. Watching the movie and seeing the scenery in Rome and India and Bali, helped grow my appreciation for God (if that's even possible.)

Then today, a friend of mine posted this video on his Facebook, about what the gospel means. It's about 5 minutes long, but it has a lot of awesome one-lines that make you think. My favorite "take your silly list of good deeds and line them up against perfection (Jesus).. good luck." It's not about how much good you can do, that doesn't take away your sin. It's about fully trusting that Jesus Christ died for you, as the son of man, to cover your sins.

I guess this is all just a lot more apparent because it's Easter this weekend... that and I am just beyond blessed and thankful for Jesus, and to know I have eternal life through him. And to all the Liz's out there, look up instead of inside yourself for the answers.