Unshackled Moments ~ May 4 ~ May The Force Be With You

I'm old enough to have seen Star Wars IV while in elementary school. One thing that many fail to either realize or remember when they would bemoan the character of Jar Jar Binks and cry for his head  when the prequels were released was that the Star Wars movies had been family films from the beginning, loved by children as much if not more than by adults. Part of what makes Star Wars so amazing is was ability to capture the hearts and minds of almost everyone from toddler to retiree. And part of what made that possible is how much everyone felt drawn to the idea of an all encompassing force that when connected to can turn a whiny and weak nobody into someone special and powerful enough to do the impossible and defeat the dark side.

Part of why it did so well, is that it is loosely based on a universal true story. We all come to a point where we find ourselves looking out across the desert of our lives, feeling like there's something missing, something more out there that we were created to be a part of. There is a power that we need and will never feel quite right until we connect with it. Once we do make that connection, the impossible can indeed become the possible and we can defeat darkness and bust the chains of bondage that we never had a chance against before. It's a universal story with a universal truth and why something that similar has a universal appeal.

But there are some differences. The power is not a mixture of light and dark. He is good. He is love. It is not some omnipresent part of creation. He is alive and creator of all. The miracles and victories don't come when we use the force, but rather when we surrender and allow the Force to use us/ It's not for a select few with certain types of blood but for all who will turn toward God and say yes to the call of relationship. Surrendered to this Power there is nothing that we can't do if it's His will that we do it. There is nothing that can defeat us when we are walking with Him. No chain that can hold us. Because through Him and by Him and for Him was everything made that was made, and without Him, we can do nothing.