Comments on: Revolutionary Road http://www.josaxton.com/2009/11/22/revolutionary-road/ Ordinary Life. Extraordinary God. It's a beautiful exchange. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jude Greenfield http://www.josaxton.com/2009/11/22/revolutionary-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4621 Jude Greenfield Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:30:12 +0000 http://www.everywomanministries.com/?p=1199#comment-4621 I also loved this film, and found it very moving. I still haven't fully worked out why. But what I realized is that even though it was set 50 years ago the problems, frustrations, hopes and dreams are still the same today. As you say Jo, the world, even our schools, ask us 'what do you want to be' and tell us 'you can do anything you set your mind on', and yet that's not entirely true. Because 'living for the dream' often causes people to lead lives that aren't grounded in reality. The thing I have been thinking about recently is living at God's pace, waiting when he says wait, and moving when he says move. It is good to have a vision for our lives, and even better to partner with God in making it happen. I also loved this film, and found it very moving. I still haven’t fully worked out why. But what I realized is that even though it was set 50 years ago the problems, frustrations, hopes and dreams are still the same today.

As you say Jo, the world, even our schools, ask us ‘what do you want to be’ and tell us ‘you can do anything you set your mind on’, and yet that’s not entirely true. Because ‘living for the dream’ often causes people to lead lives that aren’t grounded in reality.

The thing I have been thinking about recently is living at God’s pace, waiting when he says wait, and moving when he says move.

It is good to have a vision for our lives, and even better to partner with God in making it happen.

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