Minutes to Memories

I don't know if watching a troubling movie with your wife is the most advisable way to spend a Mother's Day afternoon, but my wife and I are glad we watched "Invisible Children" today nonetheless. We were practically ready to move to Uganda by the end of the documentary, but that doesn't speak well of us: I believe anyone with a heart would feel exactly the same.

Come to think of it, caring about children no one else cares about is a most appropriate way to spend a Mother's Day. It just fits with the idea of a mother's love.

I preached about Rizpah this morning from 2nd Samuel 21. After her two sons were executed for their father's sins, Rizpah camped out on the hillside where their bodies were strewn for six months, fighting off the birds by day and the wild animals by night. Is there any length a mother wouldn't go for her child? Rizpah tests the limits.

And "Invisible Children" tests the limits of our collective compassion, too. It is a horrible movie that the entire world needs to see.

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