With my husband finally home from overseas, I had waited to watch the movie Courageous with him. I had heard it would touch your heart. Particularly if you are a parent. I feel this is where I should give the warning that if you are a crier, you WILL most definitely cry, and will most likely spend roughly the last half of the movie with tears. At least I did.
The acting is of course, not so wonderful. But the message is very powerful. It is a message not only of faith in family, and of ensuring a father's role in the family, but of accountability to your family, even to your friends and community. I like that these men realize the seriousness of their undertaking, and proclaim their resolve in front of their family, their friends, and the Lord.
Most of all, I love that although this is is a message based upon faith, you do not have to be a Christian to understand, nor to undertake it. You can honor your children, and your commitments without a relationship with the Lord.
As I watched, I wished for a resolution for mother's and wives'. I got my wish upon a little bit of research on the internet!
But first, here is The Resolution:
Picture taken from: http://www.bhpublishinggroup.com/courageous/products.asp?9781433671227
Next, I found the audiobook The Resolution for Men on iTunes, and I gifted it to my husband. Then I found The Resolution for Women on iTunes, and downloaded it for myself. As a challenge, I want us each to listen to the separate books. And at the end, I want us to come together, and make resolutions as a couple; to each other, and to our child.
I can't wait to see how God will use us, and bring us together, and show us how to not be just "good enough" parents. But to be the parents we are meant to be in God's eyes.
Next, I am challenging us to the Love Dare from Fireproof! Not that we need to fall back in love, but who couldn't use more romance, more love in their lives?!
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