Heartwarming?

I noticed this morning the review on the front of the DVD jacket for the film I’ve been touting, “What If”, it said , “Extremely well made, funny, heartwarming…”  I don’t disagree, but I think the film is much more than, just,  “heartwarming”, please allow me to explain.

Websters Dictionary defines heartwarming like this:

heartwarming |ˈhärtˌwôrmi ng |adjective emotionally rewarding or uplifting.

Technically that is correct, but the film is, to me,  a lot more than “just” heartwarming.   The message of the film is “profound and life changing”,  not just heartwarming!  If something can be warmed it can also be cooled, and such is the way of our hearts, our emotions, they can vary with the situation we’re in.  In a life long walk with Christ, emotions are far from adequate as your indicator of the wellness of your soul.

I write this blog not to warm the hearts of the readers, if it does so, that is fine, but that is not the goal.  The goal is to introduce the reader to a life changing experience with Jesus Christ.  I’m not aiming for better, but transformational, not improved, but changed, there is a big difference.  Emotional uplifting can be good, but real fundamental change is something real that lasts and stands the test of time, emotional uplifting does not.  So I don’t want you to “feel” better, I want your life to “be” better.  It is promised in scripture that if you accept Jesus Christ you will become “a new creature” not a “better creature!”  Christ is not about improving you, He is about making you completely “new”!

My prayer, my hope, and my goal, in this blog, is to point the way to a Savior that can change your life forever.  If you should accept that invitation from Him, your heart will not be just warmed, but changed forever!

the pilgrim

*Photo note:  D7000, 85mm Micro Nikkor AFS VR f 3.5,  with Nikon’s CLS  (Creative Lighting System) SB-900 and on camera flash used as the triggering device.  From the Kelby Training Class on Close-up Photography, Part 2.