Facing the Giants

So the family and I went last night to see Facing The Giants...it was surreal.

The movie itself is about a coach at a small Christian high school in Georgia that is...well losing. His team can't win, his wife can't get pregnant, his car won't start and his house has a bad odor. He comes to the breaking point and finally turns everything over to God and asks Him to show how big a God He is.

I won't give it away (in case you haven't seen it), but as you might image, God shows up.

What's so awesome, though, is the real-life parallel of the movie's success with the that of the story. This low budget, Chrisitan movie, with no professional actors has turned into a tremendous success in the box office. God has shown up! In fact, before I handed the tickets to the young ticket taker, he said, "...on the left, first theater to the left." I said, "You don't know what movie we're going to see yet." His reply was, "I'm sure it's the same one everybody else is here to see. It's basically the only one anybody else is seeing."

Now I know that we live in Christian South, but how cool is that!