Avengers: Endgame

My family has tickets for May 4th to see Avengers: Endgame.  But I noted earlier this week that our local theater had opened up more auditoriums for Endgame.  They had over 30 showings on April 26.

So I bought a ticket and saw the movie on Friday, my day off. 

No spoilers here.   

Endgame is the culmination of over 20 movies for the Marvel Universe, and the movie is successful in "bringing it all together."  In finishing the story that began in Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame turns the tables on evil so that good "wins the day."

During the movie, I sat next to Kevin.  Kevin's a comic book geek.  We chatted some before the movie, and he was pleased with the movie's outcome.

And like Kevin, we're people who love stories.  Stories help us process our lives.  They touch on our human condition and all its complications.  

And while the Marvel Universe is complicated, our lives are even more so complicated.

We're fragile, we're sinful, we struggle.  And our story is still being written...sort of.

You see...our hope is in the story and the history that's already been written.  Our hope is in Jesus.  He was...

conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead. 

Now that's a good story.  

And this Jesus, who rose from the dead, He taught people, and He told stories that people could relate to.  The Bible is full of these stories, stories that not only teach, but stories that move people's souls, that tell of God's love, that give hope.

Movies like the Avengers - they remind us of our weaknesses, of how we struggle, how we love, lose, and survive.  And in seeing good prevail, we're reminded that we have hope, a real hope, a hope that we can count on.

Can't wait to see the movie again!