I happened to listen to this devotional today and it really resonated with me. It really made me think about my life, how it is now and how I might like it to ideally be in the future. I think that I and that we all could benefit from more sophistication and refinement in our lives. Life in this day and age is often crass or vulgar and perhaps it's not always seen because it's what we've become accustom to. I hope to do my part to elevate my own life and hopefully the lives of others.

Coming fast

Life's been coming at me fast lately, it feels like I've gone from low gear to high with nothing in between. It's not a bad thing it's just an adjustment and when those come with force and speed they can take some getting used to. Meanwhile I am listening to U2, I haven't for a long time and I've missed them.

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace is well renowned as a beautiful and powerful song, but there is also a movie by the same name, I first heard about it a few years back as part of a final for my persuasive writing class. I put the movie somewhere on my list of movies to see, but clearly I wasn't in a huge hurry to see it. Recently the movie has be brought to my remembrance a few times and I recently borrowed it from a friend. I watched the movie yesterday and it was amazing, a wonderfully made movie about a powerful and captivating story.
The movie chronicals the movement to abolish slavery in England, focusing on the life of William Wilberforce who was one of the most integral people in the movement. Wilberforce was a member of parliament (MP) in the house of commons and he and those who he worked with, worked for years to abolish slavery, despite being shut down time and time again. After watching this movie I wanted to have everyone I knew see this movie. I wasn't conscious of it being Black History Month when I watched this movie but apparently it is and I think it was a good way to commemorate this month. It's also striking to me that as far as I know, this movement to abolish slavery was mostly peaceful, unlike our own civil war, fought largely over issues of slavery.
Wilberforce found religion, so to speak, at a point in his life when his political opportunities were stretching out before him and he was torn as to whether he should serve God or continue in politics, and it was put to him that he could do both by working to make the world a better place. While the rest of us may not have the same opportunities or challenges as William Wilberforce, we have the same opportunity to use what we have to work to make the world a better place.

I haven't blogged in a while, I've thought about it at times but I didn't, I've been spending more time over on my art blog. I'm changing some things in my life and I'm adjusting to those things. I'm working towards some exciting goals, and sometimes not working towards them at all. I've tried some new things and I'm really enjoying going to church on Sundays. That's not wildly exciting but I'll try and make up for it some time. There are big things looming in the future.