MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN

True life experiences shows a great interest to the audience especially because this kind of
movies is where audiences can relate themselves. It was shown in the movie how faith fall away
and comeback once when the miracle plays out in the life of the character. The story of the miracles
of heaven didn’t only focuses on what heaven is actually look like. Instead, it shows a journey of
recovery because of the miracle which comes from heaven and this was happened because of faith.
The greatest strength was it doesn’t only focus in one miracle because of the journey that the movie
has encountered but the outcome of the story is that the miracles are all around us every day. A ten
year old godly Annabelle lives a normal life together with her family. Until her mother Christy,
immediately recognizes her daughter has something serious in her. Technically, most of the
doctors was confused by the disorder and treat her for other diseases which made it more severe.
This become a greatest test for her family because Anna was diagnosed with an incurable disorder
that threatens her life, and the entire family’s faith was tested. Mrs Beam find her faith slipping
away but a young Anna strengthen her faith and continues to be strong for her family and when
she reached the point of despair an accident happened. I felt sadness and sorrow because of the
situation of Anna but at the same time adored her because of her strength to face her struggle at a
very young age. Where there seems all hopes are lost, the miracle happened and Anna encountered
the Almighty Lord everyone’s faith was restored and they bring a new faith to others because of
their story. It was the moment in the movie that I felt really blessed and saved by the grace and
mercy. Even though heaven is not a focus of the story, the movie does make some attempt at
recreating Anna’s vision of heaven. Some people doubt if heaven is real or do God really exist I
believe that this experience will cannot be explained by scientific explanations. I can see how Anna
Beam experienced heaven. This movie has also strengthen my faith as a Christian. Just like her at
a very young age God's grace in my life is very visible I have experience a lot of signs, wonders
and miraculous ways even disappointments and despair may arrive I would still hold on to my
faith because God is Real. If anyone were looking to build their faith around these divine
encounters alone, well God has its own way. Luckily we have a thoroughly consistent Bible to
turn to. Even Anna said in the movie that not everyone is going to believe. That’s fair. Each of
these people are sharing a story that is genuine and real to them.
 THE LOST CITY OF Z

This past weekends, I was in need of seeing a good movie in titled “The lost city of Z” The story is centred

on the adventures of British explorer Percy Fawcett.

Fawcett is depicted as an undecorated soldier that desires above all things to receive military honours to

restore his family name. When he is approached about a surveying expedition to create a map of the border

between Bolivia and Brazil, the status hungry Fawcett is less than thrilled. However, after accepting the

commission, Percy's journey brings him upon some pottery deep in the Amazon jungle, feeding his

speculation that there is a lost city, Z (also known as El Dorado), that was hinted to him by an indigenous

guide.

The desire to find this lost city became an all-consuming endeavour for Percy. On each expedition, the

movie depicted the struggles these journeys would place upon him and his family. While watching this

unfold, I couldn't help but wonder how I would respond to an exploration that would last between three to

seven years with no hope of seeing family, friends, and the surroundings of which I am familiar?

This honest depiction of the human toll upon Percy and his family revealed both the heroic nature of such

a journey, but also showed how the corruption of the human heart, fuelled by the desire for riches, status,

and power, can also sway humanity to such expeditions. By the end of the movie, I came away with a

deep appreciation of how the film depicted the commingling of the human desire to explore with the

sinful desire to exploit and dominate.

 A MONSTER CALL

A Monster Calls is the story of Conor O’Malley, a 13-year-old so isolated by suffering that he’s become

practically invisible to the world around him. Conor’s mother has cancer, and despite her cheery

reassurances, the latest round of chemo does not seem to be going well. Conor’s father departed years ago

for a new life with a new wife and baby in America, and Conor lives alone with his mother in a small

English town, where he attends school in a fog of despair and loneliness. At night, though, the nightmares

start. Until one night, Conor is visited by a monster a giant creature formed from the yew tree that Conor

can see from his bedroom window. The monster seems like a creature from hell, bent on destruction and

threatening to eat Conor but what it wants is a story. The monster tells Conor its conditions: The monster

will tell Conor three different stories, and then it will be Conor’s turn to tell the monster a story, but it must

be the truth. Conor knows which story the monster wants from him, and it’s the one thing he absolutely

does not want to give voice to. The monster isn’t all that it seems, and as the story-telling proceeds, the

monster becomes the voice of reason and honesty for Conor. Through the monster, Conor is forced to

confront his own rage and sorrow, the fact that belief in something anything matters, and the subjective

nature of terms like “good” and “evil”.

 HACKSAW RIDGE

Watching Hacksaw Ridge is an ordeal, and probably should be. War is hell. Any storytelling painting the
picture otherwise is disingenuous. Even more so when the central character is a United States Army medic,
charged with patching up his wounded and shattered comrades. But the portrayal of the battlefield horrors
in this new biographical film render the heroism and the faithfulness of conscientious objector and Seventh-
day Adventist Desmond Doss more troubling than inspiring. After an arresting opening glimpse of the
carnage to come, but with a Bible verse that also hints at the story of faith, we get to know Doss, who grows
up in an abusive home with a father damaged by past war. Faith and love play increasing roles in the story,
coinciding with Doss enlisting to serve in the US Army as World War II takes grip of the world. As we see
more of Doss’ faith portrayed in a way that shows rather than tells the Bible is depicted as central. Doss is
committed to Sabbath-keeping and his refusal to even touch a gun in training is the dominant tension. His
determination to serve his country and fellow men in even the worst of circumstances is heroic. But the
ordeal of the battlefield tests the assumptions we might prefer; the image of the American hero director Mel
Gibson seeks to portray and how we Adventists might respond to this film. The graphic rendering of the
battle for Hacksaw Ridge regarded as one of the bloodiest of the war emphasises the absurdity of going
into such an environment unarmed. Undoubtedly, Doss served faithfully and it seems God worked with
his faithfulness to save both Doss and many of his men. But this large-scale retelling of Doss’ story also
raises questions about the conscientious role he played, whether co-operator or objector. On a number of
occasions, Doss is depicted being rescued from an attacking soldier by a bullet fired by one of his fellow
soldiers (it’s hardly a spoiler to report Doss survived the battle). As viewers, we’re expected to applaud
these deaths at the same time as we honour Doss’ commitment not to kill. And this is the tension. In his
survey of different Christian stances in relation to war, John Howard Yoder singled out the traditional
Seventh-day Adventist position as one of the most fraught: “The obligation is absolute, but it is also
arbitrary. One can, like the Seventh Day Adventists refuse to kill and yet be willing to participate in the
military enterprise, since it is only the act of doing the killing oneself which is forbidden.” 1Perhaps this
“immature vision” as Yoder describes it has laid the groundwork for the growing abandonment of it by
Adventist members of the military in some parts of the world. But would Doss have been more faithful if
he’d simply chosen to stay home, safely away from the war, as he had the option to do? Would he have
been any less a beneficiary of those who were killing on behalf of his nation? And is this similar to the
situation many of us find ourselves in as beneficiaries of the violence committed to ensure our freedom and
lifestyles? These questions are not answered simply. Doss’ story does little to help us with them, except to
remind us our highest call is always to faithful service, to “conquer evil by doing well, whenever and
whatever our circumstances. Hacksaw Ridge’s graphic depiction of the horrors and futility of war should
also remind us of the Bible’s call to faithful peace-making in the larger and the smaller contexts of our
lives. When it comes to war and peace, the Bible offers stark alternatives: “Those who use the sword will
die by the sword or “those who work for peace .will be called the children of God although this is certainly
not a formula for everything to go smoothly, easily or safely. Hacksaw Ridge should prompt us to ask
whether it is more conscientious to be an “objector” than a “co-operator” with the tragic business of war.
In a violent and conflicted world, we must continue to applaud faithfulness and service. But we must also
find ways to champion faithful, courageous, and creative peace-making wherever it can be found and
fostered.