Courageous

A few days ago we wateched the movie Courageous, which is in theaters right now! It is made by Sherwood Films and is being distributed by Sony Films. I think even if you don't think they are as high of quality as some main stream movies, they are still worth your time and money. First, the message is such a needed one in our society and second, I want more of these family friendly movies for myself and my children. I hate that I give my time and money to movies that don't represent my values.

So really, I didn't mean to get on here and market the movie. lol. I really was getting on here to talk about how important fathers are. Besides this movie, I have also been reading Dobson's book on Raising Girls! These two things have echoed each other in the same message! 

One of my favorite scenes in the movie was when one of the dads spoke with his daughter about courtship and purity. He didn't go into great detail, but his words were so profound. He is to guard his daughter's heart until it is given to her husband! The other thing that impacted me is how important it is to be intentional in our parenting. This movie was blunt and didn't just shyly add their view in small areas. God should be the biggest, most important thing in our lives! That means that it shouldn't be where He just sometimes comes up in conversation. We should be talking as husband and wife about our relationship with God and how we are going to follow Him and then teach our kids to follow Him!

For Jason and I this movie was great for us to talk about how to intentionally teach our children and show our children love. It also reminded us to not let other things distract us or our girls from our priorities. On that note, we got rid of our wii for the the month. That means that we aren't playing video games or watching hardly any t.v. since we also don't have cable. We had decided in Eureka Springs that it was a distraction and hard to monitor time wise. I thought it would be hard on the girls, but they haven't asked for it once. They are enjoying more time playing outside and doing board games and puzzles and talking as a family! We will probably allow the wii back on occassion, but I am enjoying more quality time with my girls right now!

Okay, one last thing! I am so excited that Christians are stepping up and demanding Christian values in films. This movie has made over 8.8 million in just a few days and beat out 50/50 in its opening weekend and that was open in more theaters. We are making our voice heard! Also Dolphin Tale did really well which is suppose to be another great family film! :)