Hotel Port Huron
My bride and I rented Hotel Rwanda last Friday not knowing much about it. I hadn’t read reviews or ever seen it advertised on previews or "at the movies".
I had no expectations.
What a great film. I won’t give it away and the thrust of the movie is that no one came and helped the people of Rwanda when a genocide was taking place in the mid 1990’s. No one in high places cared enough to make a difference. The Americans, the Brits, the French, the Russians, the Chinese are all guilty for inaction. The U.N. had troops on the ground that stood by and watched over 1,000,000 people get butchered, literally. The weapon of choice were machetes (long knives). I appreciated the filmmakers discretion in limiting the displays of violence, in what could have been accurately painted as a bloodbath, because it was.
I had to deal with some anger and personal guilt after watching this movie and yet it draws me back.
The question for me is:
Who do I commonly overlook in my everyday life?
When is the last time I even prayed for the SONS ministry that reaches out primarily to young black men in our area?
Have I ever eaten a meal, on purpose, with a human that has black skin? At work doesn’t count.
Am I alone in this predicament?
God, help me not only see "the least of these" but to love them well.
I had no expectations.
What a great film. I won’t give it away and the thrust of the movie is that no one came and helped the people of Rwanda when a genocide was taking place in the mid 1990’s. No one in high places cared enough to make a difference. The Americans, the Brits, the French, the Russians, the Chinese are all guilty for inaction. The U.N. had troops on the ground that stood by and watched over 1,000,000 people get butchered, literally. The weapon of choice were machetes (long knives). I appreciated the filmmakers discretion in limiting the displays of violence, in what could have been accurately painted as a bloodbath, because it was.
I had to deal with some anger and personal guilt after watching this movie and yet it draws me back.
The question for me is:
Who do I commonly overlook in my everyday life?
When is the last time I even prayed for the SONS ministry that reaches out primarily to young black men in our area?
Have I ever eaten a meal, on purpose, with a human that has black skin? At work doesn’t count.
Am I alone in this predicament?
God, help me not only see "the least of these" but to love them well.
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