COURAGEOUS

Watched this movie during tertiary fellowship this morning. A very touching and inspirational movie indeed, from the creators of Fireproof (another inspiring movie). Thou I am yet to be a father, there are still other elements that touched my heart. The whole story is roughly about 4 policemen and 1 good friend of them living up their daily life being a father. There are failures, temptations, lost of dearest, etc. throughout their life. As a father, how are they going to give the responsibilities and love their family? A must watch movie!

The movie started out with a blast when a man was fighting a car-stealer hanging on to the car for few streets and lastly succeeded in stopping the criminals. And to my surprise what he is trying to save is not the car, but his baby daughter inside the car. When he crawled half dead towards his car and opened the door revealing the crying baby, my tears went down as well.

The part that strikes deeply into my heart is after all 5 of them did the resolution in a grand ceremony and yet when the reality of life are greatly influencing their standing, how do they react? 1 of them 'lost the wheel' and got himself involved in drug dealings, even as a policemen, he knows it is wrong but yet he still does it, with only the reason to earn more money for living. When he ended up in the jail, he finally understands his mistakes as a Husband and as a Father. Another one stand in righteousness when the boss wanted him to join himself for corruption in exchange with higher position and increased salary, but it turns out to be just a test where the boss wants to find the most rightful person for the manager post. He has been struggling with financial burden before meeting these policemen friends, and he certainly does not want to go back to the life of living in poverty. Comparing the eagerness to provide the best for your family and to obey God's saying, which one will you choose? He chose to follow God's path and in the end succeeded. Our real life may not seem to be really that nice but it is true that as long as we follow God's path, He will provide everything for us. The third one actually has a terrible childhood with his father leaving him behind since young and never ever cared about him. With God's grace, he finally forgive his father whose already dead wishing that he can meet him in heaven. For the main character, who has been a terrible father before the death of his daughter finally realized and get nearer to God thus loving his wife and son more. Willing to put aside his own ego and age but to choose to spend more time for his son. Finally he is able to influence others with his own experiences and changes of life he has made.

A strong message conveyed in the plot is that many juveniles nowadays are caused by an irresponsible father that do not care and lead the family well. I agree with that. The most effective way to solve youngsters problem is to tackle it from their family.

Besides that, the plot is a bit different from Fireproof where Courageous shows the weakness of mankind when forced by the cruelness of reality. When things does not seem to be right in your eyes but God wants us to keep going and not give up, for He is always guiding us and providing us with everything that we need to serve our purpose of our lives. Be strong and courageous as God will never leave us behind!