Occasional Fury.

My Birthday is in a half hour.

And I just watched that new movie Fury.

Way to ring in 25!

While there is something to be said for that cast, as they were incredible.

That movie, broke my heart.

2 reasons.

First, as soon as the movie was finished, people got up and left.

Call me emotional, call me soft, call me whatever, but I felt as if I wasn't going to be able to move for the next 45 minutes.

Second, that movie, that is depicting REAL historical events, is also depicting REAL accurate events of today.

There was this one line in the movie that just wrecked me.

Boyd Swan: Wait until you see it.
Norman Ellison: See what? 
Boyd Swan: What a man can do to another man.

All I can see is a broken world right now. 

That movie, is putting the real life of millions of people on to our screen, and we worry about how our steak is cooked. 

And my friends who are gay, think that the Church hates them to their very core. But no one has a friend that is gay, and understands what it feels like. 

And we complain about the temperature of our beverage. 

And there are people being sold like an everyday grocery item. 

And all we see is tear in our brand new jeans. 

And people are dying because someone decided that their opinions, and way of life are more important. 

And all we see is how long our food is taking to come out of the kitchen. 

My birthday is in 4 minutes. 

We speak as if know how life is supposed to go. 

We speak as if we know what is going to happen. 

We speak as if we have walked 300 miles in another persons shoes. 

But when we speak all the world hears is hate. 

We throw the N word around because if you're black it's okay, but forget that that word was used to demoralizes and dehumanize an entire race of incredible people. 

We scream at girls and tell them they are whores because they wanted to keep a guy who "loves" them, but we ostracize them the minute they abort it. 

We speak with the tongues of men and angels and we have not a taste of love. 

Because truth with out grace is condemnation. 

And Grace without truth is a lie. 

We tell people, that sex before marriage is wrong, and then chase the younger generation to porn.

It's my birthday.

We have these joyous moments in our lives, that leave us laughing until we cry.

But I am overwhelmed at the brokeness that consumes our lives.

That consumes our world.

When are we going to be a people that longs for peace?

That longs for a real love?

Something pure and deep.

I tell you, right now I am sobbing because of war.

Because of hurt.

Because of trauma.

Because of the loss.

My heart breaks for the people that feel like they just aren't seen.

My heart breaks for the people that are seen everyday, but do not know what it feels like to be loved.

It would be easy to give up.

There is so much to do.

But if I gave up.

Who would do it?

If not me then whom?

If not now then when?

Wait until you see it.

See what?

What a man can do to another man.