So I went to see the Maze Runner on Friday with the kids at
the new Destination Theater. First off I need to give a shout out to my pastor
and my church leaders for coming up with the idea to revamp the theater. It provide not only an income for the church but also a place where families can
go and spend time together in an environment that they can be proud of and have
the desire to preserve the cleanliness and the beauty of all the hard work that
has gone into remodeling the theater. I felt a sense of pride when I went into
the theater, It wasn’t just at a movie theater I was in the house of the Lord.
Wow what a different yet comforting feeling. It almost felt like we were
sitting in a big movie screening room surrounded by family. So we are watching
the movie and I’m not quite sure how I feel about the movie. Boys are sent up
one by one to this huge maze and are basically reborn because they have been
left with their names as their only memory. Apparently 3 years ago this began
happening and the first ones to go up were the leaders of the group. Then
within the group everyone had their jobs to do. You could see right away who
the strongest were, the weakest, and as the movie progressed you saw ones that
gave off the perception they were strong demonstrate great amounts of weakness.
These are the ones who as long as they were in their environment and doing what
it took to make things run as they should they were fine. As soon as change
began to occur they didn’t know how to handle it. Well after watching the movie I wasn’t sure
how I felt about it overall. So as I was
drinking my coffee yesterday morning I started reflecting on the movie and
asked myself “What can be learned from the movie?” So I began to replay the
movie in my mind and I came up with 5 things I think were symbolized in the
film so here goes!
1.
The Maze-The Maze symbolizes our life. Life
brings us many twists and turns that is ever changing based on the choices that
we make and the plans that God has for us.
2.
The Numbered Sections of the Maze-symbolizes the
stages of our lives that we must get through to get to the end.
3.
The Maze Runner-The strongest, fastest, smartest
individuals who have an undying determination to find the way out. This is
symbolic of those who never give up in life. The ones that know we may fail
when we go down certain paths that don’t allow themselves to be defeated just
try continue through the maze putting the pieces together to ultimately get
themselves and the others with them through.
4.
The Grievers-The obstacles that we face that we
can either destroy and gain something that will lead to our freedom or will
destroy us and lead to our defeat.
5.
Forgiveness-The ability to forgive those who sometimes hurt us yet their actions against us can allow us to gain wisdom or
experience change and growth we might not have experienced otherwise.
All in all the movie was pretty good. Some of the things in the movie I
wasn’t too happy about but I try to be open minded and figure out what I can
gain from the experience. It might have only been just the sense of pride and
feeling of home away from home. Maybe it was just the experience of being able
to spend a Friday night out with my children just being able to sit back and
relax. I personally feel that every experience we go thru whether good or bad
is meant to be to help us grow and learn and find our way through this maze we
call life. Till next time…
B
