I’m going to give full disclosure right off the bat: Our family is non-religious.
I am however a firm believer in being a good person, and sending positive thoughts to those in need, which in essence is prayer.
When I was in grade 10, I had a religion teacher named Mr. Chambers. I didn’t like taking religion because I didn’t believe in it. One day, I raised my hand and asked Mr. Chambers what’s the point of believing in religion or practicing it if we can’t prove it’s real? It’s just a waste of time!
Mr. Chambers didn’t give me trouble or send me to the hall like other teachers had in the past when I questioned the existence of God. He simply looked at me and said, “Is it really a waste of time to be a good and kind person?”
It was an “AHA” moment for me. The principle of religion, in my opinion, was created with the intention of creating kindness, empathy and being a good person, meaning you help those who need it. This is something I support greatly. Which means, maybe I’m more religious than I say I am.
Recently in the past few weeks I’ve actually had some profound experiences. I’ve met a psychic medium who’s said some incredible things that make me question logic and science. Shortly after meeting Jennifer the Medium I was asked to watch and review a movie called Miracles From Heaven.
My family loves movies, so it was a no-brainer to watch a family movie and blog about it.
We watched Miracles From Heaven.
The movie tells the story of a family from Texas based on actual events and the memoir of Christy Beam, Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven and Her Amazing Story of Healing. Christy Beam’s character is played by Jennifer Garner and the movie is from the producers who brought us “Heaven is for Real”. Christy has a daughter named Anna who gets very ill and Christy’s faith is greatly challenged.
My whole family sat down to watch it. My husband, daughter who is 12 and I were glued to the movie. My boys, six and nine floated in and out. They would walk away and get snacks but they kept coming back and watching.
The tears flowed heavily for me, but mostly during the happy parts. When the movie was over I said to my husband (through sniffles and swollen eyes) that movie really spoke to me.
It spoke to me for a couple different reasons:
- It opened up dialogue with my kids, which is so important in my opinion. We talked about prayer or “positive thoughts”. We talked about how important it is to be kind, and help others. We talked about the power of hope and family. It also opened up the discussion of death in a positive way. I really believe kids need to understand the life cycle but not fear it. Miracles From Heaven created some great conversations for us about death and how peaceful and natural it can be.
- You don’t have to be religious to understand or accept a miracle. There are two lines in the movie that were really powerful to me. One is a quote from Albert Einstein “
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
The other is a line is from Anna Beam’s character: “They’ll get there when they get there“. This quote is in reference to faith. I love it because it is so true about so many aspects of life, including finding your passion and happiness.
Miracles from Heaven is a great family movie, it’s inspiring, motivational with terrific positive messaging. I say watch it together and get talking! Family time is a miracle these days!I
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This post was brought to you by Sony Pictures but the opinions are my own.
