"I am a Wrecker"

This past weekend my kids and I went to see Disney's, Wreck-It Ralph.  We had seen the movie before but this time my ears heard it all differently.  Maybe it was all the time I spent thinking about shame and the power of shaming messages over the past two weeks.

During the introduction, Ralph describes himself as a "Wrecker."  He actaully says - "I am a Wrecker."  He identifies himself as someone who destroys everything around him.  He describes the hero of his game, Fix it Felix, as the good guy.  He says:  "If I had a magic hammer from my Father it would be easy."

I actually pulled out my phone and typed that last line into my notepad.  I was astounded.  Ralph muses that if only he had a "magic hammer from his father" his life would be better.  Later in the movie Ralph recites the Bad Guy Affirmation:  "I am bad and that is good."

  I sat back in my theater seat overwhelmed by the animated truth.

How often have I heard someone say or thought it myself:  If only I had this... then I could be that!

In this case Ralph identifies with the bad guy affirmation - which states that is OK to be bad and good to accept his fate.  This is a LIE.  God created us in His image.  We all have access to our Father's "magic hammer."  Our Father's "magic hammer" is the truth that we are new creations in Christ.  The old has passed away and the new has come.  We do not need to accept the bad.  We are fearfully and wonderfully made.  God's promises are the "magic hammer".  There are 3000 promises in the Bible.  The promises give us hope when we feel hopeless, peace when we feel anxious and love when we feel unloved.  Surely one of those promises can give you hope and a future.

May we share the good guy truths of God.  May we share our "magic hammer."  The gold hammer that magically fixes everything Felix touches.  That "magic hammer" is the truth in Love.  We have the ability to fix or destroy.  I want to use my "hammer" to fix, to heal, and to bring HOPE.

"For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Everlasting Life."  John 3:16 

May we add the "magic hammer" to our toolkit and be people of peace, hope and love!  For God says the greatest of these is LOVE!