The King’s Speech

There are a handful of movies I  remember that touch that deep place in my soul and cause me to urn for better understanding of myself.

Amazing Grace is one such movie. Watching that film over and over again drove me to run for political office. I still think it was the right thing to do. I still think I can do amazing things for people in public office but wonder that the confines of politics in America would destroy my spirit.

Yesterday Kathy, Jake and I went to see the movie “The King’s Speech.” It starts off a bit slow but by the end I was choking back tears and finding something deep in my soul touched by what I was watching.

After the movie Kathy and I talked for a long while about what we had just watched in the theater. For me, the thing that got to me was a theme that always stirs my life. We all have a voice and God intended us to use it. Sometimes life, systems, institutions and our own issues, impose impediments in an attempt to stifle any greatness wishing to surface.

As the movie shows, some of us need help finding our voice. Sometimes we need a coach who can stand beside us and help calm our minds, push us past the dam and reveal to each of us the voice inside.

I wonder that impediments are designed not to stop us but to more clearly focus our efforts. I come away from the movie last night with a new appreciation for difficulty and wish, hope and pray God will use mine to push me deeper into communion with Him.

As I finish writing these words I find great peace in the journey we each find ourselves on. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that God designs the circumstances and the resolution in our lives. We fail to remember that impediments can be the catalyst that drives us to His feet and our greatest destiny.