Are you awake? “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light” (Ephesians 5:14 KJV). Patricia (Meg Ryan) said to Joe (Tom Hanks) in the fantasy comedy movie, “Joe Versus the Volcano” (1990): “My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.” Do you see more than just what the average church member has been programmed to see, as they encourage themselves they are on their way to Heaven? “How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it!” (Matthew 7:14 NET).
Joe Versus the Volcano
All of Creation Speaks to Us
God is separate and distinct from His creation, yet He speaks to us through it. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard” (Psalm 19:1-3 KJV). Someone views a scenic panorama and another asks, “What does it say to you?” Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), standing on a steamer trunk floating in the middle of the ocean, in front of an enormous moon rising on the horizon, semi-deliriously remarked, “Dear God, whose name I do not know — thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG [you are]… thank you. Thank you for my life.” In that scene, John Patrick Shanley’s cinematic parable on mortality communicated what he heard God say about God’s vastness. Can we say nay?
We Need A Miracle 