Dying Things

Last night, I went to watch this new movie with Sarah, titled, "My Sister's Keeper". For all those Korean drama fans, this one is a definite watch for you. For gutsy guys, it's still a good movie to watch and I do highly recommend it. I won't want to spoil the story but the gist of the movie is about the lives that revolve around this girl that was dying of cancer. Among the various characters in the movie, I found the character of the mom really interesting. For all the years the daughter had cancer, she did all she could to keep her alive. Because none of them (including husband and son) was incapable of helping her, they made a test tube baby as a donor.

Throughout the entire movie, the mom seemed to be the only one that's not willing to let her daughter die. Despite the fact that she's ready to die and go, the mom was insistent that she can survive and fought hard to keep her alive. But eventually, she accepted that fact and let go.

How many times have we hung on tight on to things in life and not let go? Sometimes the things that we hold onto are just dying and we insist that we can keep it alive and do whatever we can to keep it alive. But dying things, will eventually die, no matter how hard we try to keep it alive and the only changing variable is time. I realized that God was telling me that there are things in my life that I need to learn to let go. These things are dying and affecting me but I'm just not willing to let it go.

Maybe it's time to get a self-check from God's word.