Wolverines!!

I woke up at 9 am (two hours earlier than usual) had me some Golden Grahams and browsed through my movie collection. I had nothin better to do in the morning right? I'm looking through my DVDs. Nothin. Okay, I'll look at my good ol' VHS! "Hey dad, where's Red Dawn?" It was right in front of me. Why I felt like watching Red Dawn I have no clue. I'd never seen it and had always wanted to and I guess I was in the mood for once. I mean, Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen all in one? That's a good enough reason. I got really into it! Wouldn't take my eyes of the TV. And now that I've seen it, I can conclude that it is one of the best and scariest movies I've seen. Scary simply because an envasion and a World War III doesn't seem too impossible these days. The best because of the Wolverines. The eight teenagers that fought against the powerful enemies to avenge their families and country. And how they were a small group (much like Wolverines- a small but ferocious animal) that rebeled against weapons and forces seemingly greater than they. Well, it got me thinking. What makes me so different than those eight? I fight everyday. No it's not a physical battle waging between nations. This battle is different. And so crucial. I'd like to think that I, like the Wolverines, am a rebel. A rebel by definition is someone who resists or rises against any authority, control, and tradtion. And I do that. Don't you? I rise against lies that tell me I have to look and act and live a certain way. I resist the enemy's tricks to bring me down. And at times, I feel like I am part of a small allegiance, if not alone. But I'm not. Even if it were only God and me- I'd be strong enough simply because of Him. At the end of the movie, only two Wolverines had survived. People fighting for God die daily (they're called martyrs) because they know who they're fighting for. So did the Wolverines. The real war no longer wages between nations. The war is spiritual and it is growing. I will fight to believe that I am who God says I am, capable of defeating the daily battles. I'm a rebel. I am a wolverine. I rise against the traditions placed on me by the world. I rise against the authority that says that I am different and that will burden me. Well, I am different. But it won't burden me. Are you a rebel? "Maybe it's called ambition, you've been talking in your sleep about a dream, we're awakening. I want to wake up kicking and screaming. I want to live like I know what I'm leaving. I want to know that my heart's still beating. It's beating. It's beating. It's beating. I'm bleeding." - Switchfoot, Awakening. I just got tired of feeling defeated all the time. We fight battles when the war has already been won. Still, make it count. The movie just got me thinking. I love movies like that. So, Red Dawn. Watch it!