Beth and I went out to the movies last night. This is something of a rarity. We don’t go all that often. Three years ago someone gave us a gift card to Signature Theaters and we finally used it this past July. We went to see a movie to celebrate our anniversary. The only reason we went last night is because someone else invited us. We actually went to a movie that I wanted to see. The reality is that I wasn’t going to get around to seeing it. At least not in the theater. The movie was Seven Days In Utopia.
Without giving away too much of the plot, the movie is about a promising young golfer who folds under tremendous pressure. As he storms off the green and out of town he finds himself in a little Texas town. There he providentially hooks up with an eccentric rancher. Over the course of one week the rancher speaks into the golfer’s life - both in the area of golf and God. The golfer ends up being impacted in ways that he never could have imagined a week earlier.
The movie is good, clean, and Christian-based. The rancher tries to point out to the aspiring golf pro the futility of success without God. It’s a dead-end street. That’s a lesson that a lot of people need to learn today. Especially aspiring athletes. And aspiring singers. And aspiring anyones. So many times people who have great aspirations think that in achieving their dream they will also find happiness. Fulfilment. Love. And you know what? It rarely happens. All one needs to do is to check out all the athletes, singers, actors and entrepreneurs whose lives are dysfunctional to know that success does not guarantee happiness.
If you get the chance, go see it. I checked the theater’s website and it will be playing in Kalispell at least through September 29th. It’s a good movie, with a solid, Christian message. Not only will you enjoy it but so will some of your friends or neighbors.
Lord, I thank you for all the great Christian-based, high-quality movies that are being produced. May I do my best to support these movies and to invite some of my unsaved friends who could also benefit from its message. May You use this film to bring others into the Kingdom. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Without giving away too much of the plot, the movie is about a promising young golfer who folds under tremendous pressure. As he storms off the green and out of town he finds himself in a little Texas town. There he providentially hooks up with an eccentric rancher. Over the course of one week the rancher speaks into the golfer’s life - both in the area of golf and God. The golfer ends up being impacted in ways that he never could have imagined a week earlier.
The movie is good, clean, and Christian-based. The rancher tries to point out to the aspiring golf pro the futility of success without God. It’s a dead-end street. That’s a lesson that a lot of people need to learn today. Especially aspiring athletes. And aspiring singers. And aspiring anyones. So many times people who have great aspirations think that in achieving their dream they will also find happiness. Fulfilment. Love. And you know what? It rarely happens. All one needs to do is to check out all the athletes, singers, actors and entrepreneurs whose lives are dysfunctional to know that success does not guarantee happiness.
If you get the chance, go see it. I checked the theater’s website and it will be playing in Kalispell at least through September 29th. It’s a good movie, with a solid, Christian message. Not only will you enjoy it but so will some of your friends or neighbors.
Lord, I thank you for all the great Christian-based, high-quality movies that are being produced. May I do my best to support these movies and to invite some of my unsaved friends who could also benefit from its message. May You use this film to bring others into the Kingdom. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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