Comments on: Sad, Mad & Glad

By: Clyde Tigner

Clyde Tigner — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:23:13 +0000

Ben Hur I enjoyed. My mother really liked Charleton Heston. I think I liked his acting a lot as well.

By: John Tigner

John Tigner — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:47:20 +0000

I miss your mother as well, she and Uncle john were always there in the back of my mind smiling. Taymor ena d I love you and your wonderful family.

By: Hey Jude

Hey Jude — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:42:49 +0000

Lord, love us! I’ve thought so much about Mother in the last few weeks — and every time I’ve fallen into just throwing in the towel and wallowing, just wallowing, in sorrow — the “Just get over it, missy” … somehow comes through. Sometimes more than others … but it does come through. It’s unbelivable to hurt this much. Maybe grief does have a cut-off point, but I don’t think that it’s definitive … somehow or another, you begin to appreciate the brighter spots … and Hannah’s choir qualifies. Spontanious smiles from James and Laura … weird and silly things that people do … kindnesses from friends and neighbors still make me cry … as do a lot of other things … I still can’t write a “thank you” note or talk about much of anything … but I can LOVE you and the girls and Sarah and those precious children … and feel better about life. Ben Hur? I said 30 years ago that I could listen to Charlton Heston read the phone book all day … and when you combine that with the love and redemption of Jesus … what’s not to watch over and over ……….

By: kate

kate — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:01:35 +0000

Now, the last time I revealed this, my friend thought I was crazy. I’ve never really warmed to John–the person, not the gospel. I think it’s a little presumptuous to call HIMSELF “the disciple that Jesus loved”. ;>

By: Consignment Pal Resale Directory

Consignment Pal Resale Directory — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:01:21 +0000

Life is a roller coaster of ups and downs! Insightful post Becky.

Sunday night, I too cheered at the sight of Heston’s muscles. Great job God! Love the story as well.

Your family pic with Shamu may be a thing of the past.

Linda

By: rachael

rachael — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:22:59 +0000

I can see so much of you in that picture of your mother! Seriously – I thought you’d taken a photo of yourself and computer aged it until I read the post!

By: Konen

Konen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:17:03 +0000

Have to agree with Shelley — seeing Wy’s gorgeous, loving smile made my day. Of course I love to hear any of the girls singing. And any of them playing basketball. But I don’t get to see Wy so often. What a treasure. And what a treasure her descendants are.
peace

By: Shelley McBee

Shelley McBee — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:01:39 +0000

Oh man – you made my day! When I got to the end of the blog and saw Wyoming smiling at me it made my heart jump. You come from incredible genes girl!! Be happy…

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:02:00 +0000

Ben Hur was my favorite movie as a child. I would play with my Ben Hur City of Rome and Chariot set while my sisters teased me.

I would say that all people have the light of Christ and decide whether to follow it even if they do not know Jesus by name or do not know him truly due to culture and bad examples of those who profess his name. Ben Hur dramatizes why people would want liberation from Roman rule and not be focused on Christ’s liberation first over sin and death.

The movie also has a Muslim value in that the face of Jesus is never shown. You only see how people respond to his love and light. Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus (Isa) and that he will return to destroy evil. The main difference is that they do not call him God. They do accept to varying degrees that he was given power by God. Some of the differences are semantics and some are not. The Koran says that Jesus did not die on the cross. They believe that Allah did not want His beloved prophet Isa to die and so a substitute or specter was placed on the cross to fool the Romans and Jews. Some Muslims say Isa’s body was on the cross for a time, but then his spirit left. Christians could say that Jesus did not die on the cross in the sense of a normal death. You could read the Bible as saying his spirit left just before his body died and certainly his spirit never died. for the rest of us, does our spirit leave right after the body dies?

See http://www.lifegoesonconsulting.blogspot.com for my article about Saving Cincinnati from Sept 11th. It tells how General Lew Wallace, the future author of Ben Hur, saved Cincinnati from Confederate attack in 1862 by diligent preparation.