The Star in our faults

I watched the fault in our stars tonight. and as you can imagine if you have seen it or heard about it from someone who has seen it - I wept, I laughed, and then I cried some more.

On my way home I contemplated the depth of the movie, the depth of the themes and quotes. 

I realized the movie moved me so deeply and I wondered if a movie that doesn't include God should move me so. But then I contemplated further and realized that although the author didn't write about faith, God has written His story everywhere and He uses people to tell it when they don't even realize it. 

See Gus is a lot like Jesus. He loves Hazel, even when she resists him, even when she warns him that all that she is (like our sin) hurts him, even when she's weak and can barely walk, even though he knows loving her will break his heart, he loves her. he loves her unconditionally. and thats how Jesus loves us. He brings meaning to our life, brings us out of our depression. Gives life to the dying soul. Sacrifices his own life so we can live. One line in particular brought this hoe for me. "You gave me a forever within the numbered days." As a christian, eternity starts now, in my numbered days I have forever through Christ.

But this movie also makes a crazy impactful point about life. "You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence." Life isn't forever, we count on tomorrow but tomorrow has never been promised to us. Oftentimes we die before we can finish that last sentence in our book. We have to be prepared for that and live life with purpose and intention. We can't wait until tomorrow to repent of sin or make peace with God, we can't put off witnessing and loving others for another day. Another day isn't a sure deal.


Here are a few of my other favorite quotes:

"You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.” 

"It's a metaphor. You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing."

"We all want to be remembered. But Hazel is different.
Maybe she wasn't loved widely but she was loved deeply."


“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
“Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always” 

If you haven't seen this movie- I encourage you to go see it, yes it's sad, but it's really quite powerful and makes you see life and death from a different perspective. it's inspiring.

but don't forget to bring your tissues, because you will need them.