My youngest is home sick today. I gave him a mild breakfast and told him he could watch a movie if he wanted. After looking through our selection of movies, mostly cartoons, he selected "Soul Surfer." If you're unfamiliar with this live-action movie, let me sum up: It tells the true story of Bethany Hamilton, the surfer who lost her arm to a shark attack when she was a young teenager. With her faith in God, she overcame this injury to be highly competitive in the surfing world, winning titles with one arm.
As I was setting it up I saw the PG rating, noting that the subject matter may not be suitable for some children. I asked my boy what he liked about this movie.
"Is it because of the competition in surfing, the story about her overcoming a huge obstacle?"
He thought for a moment and said, "Kind of both. And that part where they call her a miracle kind of reminds me of Joseph [in the Bible]." *insert mother's melting heart emoticon*
There's hope for this boy yet.
Unless we change and become like these little ones.... how very wonderful! He has such a sweet heart under all that energy.
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