Blood Diamond

I do not watch a lot of movies.  In my spare time, I would just rather play guitar.  I especially don't like movies with blood.  I don't mind seeing my own blood - I watch the nurses stick me when I give blood or get a shot.  But there is just something about blood in movies I cannot take, and this means I have "missed out" on some great movies.

One of those movies is Blood Diamond.  It has been used as an illustration in sermons twice that I can recall.  There are two quotes that stuck out to me as I watched the movie.

The first is from the smuggler, Danny Archer, played by Leonardo DiCraprio:

"Sometimes I wonder if God will forgive us for what we've done to each other.  Then I realize God is not here."

The second is from the fisherman, Solomon Vandy, played by Djimon Hounsou:

"They made you do bad things.  You are not a bad boy.  I am your father, and I love you."

The second quote is from the scene used in the sermon illustrations I alluded to earlier.  But here is my point: we do things to each other and, more importantly, to God.  Sometimes the guilt can put the doubt Danny has into our heads.  Thankfully, we are forgiven.  The debt has been paid in full.  Now we are free to hear the words that Solomon spoke to his son - I am your Father, and I love you.  I need to hear that every day.  And I cannot wait to hear it every morning when I wake up.  I wish I could listen better to hear my Father speak it.