tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887258513611422728.post6339204818973534457..comments2024-01-30T09:11:42.605-07:00Comments on New Advent: "The Giver" and the fading memory of ChristianityKevin Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01253238173611529310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887258513611422728.post-62308082337958098142014-09-03T20:24:06.920-06:002014-09-03T20:24:06.920-06:00In this movie, the people were able to remove suff...In this movie, the people were able to remove suffering from their lives, but along with it went their joy and happiness. It's almost as if the people took sleeping pills and slept their lives away. Through the courage of one young man, this was reversed. He had the courage to say "Yes, there is suffering, but there is joy, too! And the joy outweighs the suffering!" This is the message Christians have, who know that the Cross is tied to Joy. Jesus placed His Joy -- His Love -- in the one place it could never be desecrated or defiled, and that holy place is the Cross. So if you ever have something to suffer, offer it and yourself to God, and see what He does! (I think it is this joy that allowed Christian martyrs to go singing to their deaths. That wasn't human courage, but God's own joy, infused into them!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777185536352165227noreply@blogger.com