What's the hardest decision you've ever had to make? That's the question that hovers over "Beyond the Gates," and it's one that can win you a free copy of that movie on DVD. Post your answer in the comments box below by Sept. 25, and the best four posts will win free DVDs. (Don't forget to include your email address--it won't appear publicly.)
"Beyond the Gates" takes place during the horror of the Rwanda genocide. When we reviewed the movie here on Idol Chatter, Kris Rasmussen called it "gripping without being unnecessarily gory," and said that it "successfully poses important questions about the relationship between faith and sacrifice." Like "Hotel Rwanda," it tells the story of an unlikely safe haven--in this case, a Catholic secondary school--and the people who hid there to escape the violence swirling around them. In "Beyond the Gates," a young, idealistic teacher at the school must decide whether to stay with the refugees or leave with the U.N., which is evacuating all Westerners.
Most of us, thankfully, don't face decisions quite like this, but at some point in our lives, we all need to make seemingly impossible choices about the directions of our lives and those of our loved ones. We face questions about medical care, financial prospects, emptional well being, and the future of relationships, among many others. Tell us about the toughest decisions you've faced. You'll inspire your fellow readers--and might win a DVD for the effort. (For more on the contest, click here.)
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I THINK JESUS OUR LORD GOD IS A PERSON OF MANY COLORS WITH A BEARD, COLLAR LENGTH, DARK HAIR ABOUT 6' TALL LIGHT BLUE EYES LIKE THE SKY.
AND A HEART OF GOLD FILLED WITH COMPASSION, LOVE, JOY
I believe the our lord is not just 'white or Black'. I see in my heart and mind that he is a man with many different skins tones/colors and variations. I believe his face has a wheathered appearance. How could it not. Long dark hair that has a sheen of gold in it. He carries all our troubles when we give them to him to help handle. I believe he has eyes so blue, they can stare right through you. Enough to make one drop to their knees just by gazing in them.
God is awesome amd miraculous is so many ways. When it is my time and I am blessed enough to make my journey to heaven, I will see what we are all trying to figure out. I am currently praying for health. My health is bad and I still feel my children need me, so lets pray I will have your answer later than sooner.
If possible I will write you all the answer in a cloud!
God Bless you all.
Sheri Edwards
God is awesome. We see him as we need to see him.
I THINK THE LORD IS TALL DARK AND HANDSON, AND SWEET AS A GEORGA PEACH. HE IS A MAN WITH A CONTRITE SPIRIT.HE IS THE MAN WITH MANY WORLDS. THANKS
The hardest decision I have ever had to make was when I was 30 years old. My first husband of which I had been married to for 13 years at that time, had a motorcycle accident with severe head injury and internal injury. He had been in a coma for 21 days, 20 of which he had been on a respirator in ICU. The neurologist had been attempting to get me to sign a DNR but I was young, naive, and did not feel it was my right to make that decision for another person especially my husband. I had been struggling with this decision for over 20 days. On the 21st day at 2am, the nurses woke me out telling me that they were having to take my husband back to ICU. I asked about his doctor. I talked to him on the phone and the rest of the MRI was that my husband would be a vegetable. That is when I made the decision with the assist of my sister-in-law to make my husband a DNR. He pasted away around 4am that morning. I honestly felt guilty about that decision for a long time but knew in my heart that it was what my husband would have wanted.
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