It's gonna be a perfect day.
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chestnutcurlsWelcome, March! I'm still going through Ezekiel, and this morning's reading was chapter 31. I wrote it down in my journal and thought, "Chapter 31 on 3-1. Hmm." Then I saw that it began, "In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day..." I know their calendar wasn't the same as ours so it wasn't actually March, but still weird, no? I like March. It is a good month.
This weekend was great in some ways, not so great in other ways. On Friday night Evan and I had a fun, smooey date. 50 First Dates was wonderful (now I want the soundtrack- 80s remakes, though it wasn't an 80s movie). On Saturday I slept in and then went to lunch with Alli and our church friend Rachel. I scrapbooked in the afternoon until Evan was done working on a car, and then we went for a walk. We decided to go out to Cordova and meet Ryan for dinner. Before we left, I started seeing flashes, like when you come into a bright room from a dark one. I was freaked out but tried to be calm about it. By the time we finished dinner, I had a massive headache and felt nauseated and just...weird. We had planned to go to Myla's and watch a movie, and since I really wanted to see her, we went anyway. At her house, when she turned the light out to watch the movie, I suddenly felt better. Thus we figured out that I had a (low-grade) migraine. I've only had one other migraine in my life, so I didn't know the signs. We thought I could sleep it off, but when I got up on Sunday morning it came back almost immediately. I went to church anyway, and then spent the afternoon napping on Ryan's couch while he and Evan watched truck videos. When I woke up I felt well enough to see The Passion with the church group, but since the movie was so emotional, I was right back at square one when it was over. Lather, rinse, repeat. After a fairly quick dinner, I came home and went to bed. Today the headache is lingering, though not as bad, and all I want to do is sleep in a dark room for three days. I don't know how you chronic migraine sufferers deal with it. (Oh, and the movie we watched with Myla was A Mighty Wind, which was absolutely hilarious. I'm still laughing out loud when I think about the movie, and Evan has said "Wha' Happened?!" about twenty times now.)
I have the best boyfriend in the world. News flash, I know. He is so sweet and fun, and takes great care of me. :) He talked to his mom last night, and we've pretty much decided on the last week in August for our trip to New Hampshire. I am so excited.
What can I say about this movie? I'm glad I went, but it was rough. I couldn't talk for about ten minutes afterward, because I felt like anything I could say would be pointless. It's not really an experience that can be described in words. I couldn't watch most of the flogging, or a lot of the Crucifixion. I felt like I should make myself watch it, to know that Christ did this for me, but I didn't think I could handle it. The thing that bothered me most was the constant mockery of the Roman guards as they led Jesus down the street, and even while they nailed Him to the cross. I think it was![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lajea who said she wanted to stand up and yell, "STOP IT!" That was exactly how I felt. I almost couldn't take it.
The other worst part for me was when Mary rushed out to help Jesus as He fell. Just the look they exchanged, and her agony watching her Son suffer. Then, later, her saying "Son, let me die with you." It was so terrible.
The use of the ancient languages was amazing. It was interesting to find out the correct pronunciation of "Cephas" (Peter)- I had always heard it as seffas.
I don't think the movie was anti-Semitic AT ALL. It clearly placed the blame on the Jews and the Romans. Also, there was a part where several Pharisees protested Jesus' arrest, and they were taken away.
Even though I'm not Catholic, I feel like my experience was enriched by knowing the Stations of the Cross and being able to follow along, sort of. Question: how do we know about Veronica (the woman who wiped Jesus' face)? Is she actually in the Gospels, or is there a historical account of her? I couldn't remember seeing her in the Bible, and I'm curious now.
Basically, this was a soul-wrenching movie experience and I'm still kind of processing it. I urge everyone to go, but I don't know if I can see it again.
This weekend was great in some ways, not so great in other ways. On Friday night Evan and I had a fun, smooey date. 50 First Dates was wonderful (now I want the soundtrack- 80s remakes, though it wasn't an 80s movie). On Saturday I slept in and then went to lunch with Alli and our church friend Rachel. I scrapbooked in the afternoon until Evan was done working on a car, and then we went for a walk. We decided to go out to Cordova and meet Ryan for dinner. Before we left, I started seeing flashes, like when you come into a bright room from a dark one. I was freaked out but tried to be calm about it. By the time we finished dinner, I had a massive headache and felt nauseated and just...weird. We had planned to go to Myla's and watch a movie, and since I really wanted to see her, we went anyway. At her house, when she turned the light out to watch the movie, I suddenly felt better. Thus we figured out that I had a (low-grade) migraine. I've only had one other migraine in my life, so I didn't know the signs. We thought I could sleep it off, but when I got up on Sunday morning it came back almost immediately. I went to church anyway, and then spent the afternoon napping on Ryan's couch while he and Evan watched truck videos. When I woke up I felt well enough to see The Passion with the church group, but since the movie was so emotional, I was right back at square one when it was over. Lather, rinse, repeat. After a fairly quick dinner, I came home and went to bed. Today the headache is lingering, though not as bad, and all I want to do is sleep in a dark room for three days. I don't know how you chronic migraine sufferers deal with it. (Oh, and the movie we watched with Myla was A Mighty Wind, which was absolutely hilarious. I'm still laughing out loud when I think about the movie, and Evan has said "Wha' Happened?!" about twenty times now.)
I have the best boyfriend in the world. News flash, I know. He is so sweet and fun, and takes great care of me. :) He talked to his mom last night, and we've pretty much decided on the last week in August for our trip to New Hampshire. I am so excited.
What can I say about this movie? I'm glad I went, but it was rough. I couldn't talk for about ten minutes afterward, because I felt like anything I could say would be pointless. It's not really an experience that can be described in words. I couldn't watch most of the flogging, or a lot of the Crucifixion. I felt like I should make myself watch it, to know that Christ did this for me, but I didn't think I could handle it. The thing that bothered me most was the constant mockery of the Roman guards as they led Jesus down the street, and even while they nailed Him to the cross. I think it was
lajea who said she wanted to stand up and yell, "STOP IT!" That was exactly how I felt. I almost couldn't take it.The other worst part for me was when Mary rushed out to help Jesus as He fell. Just the look they exchanged, and her agony watching her Son suffer. Then, later, her saying "Son, let me die with you." It was so terrible.
The use of the ancient languages was amazing. It was interesting to find out the correct pronunciation of "Cephas" (Peter)- I had always heard it as seffas.
I don't think the movie was anti-Semitic AT ALL. It clearly placed the blame on the Jews and the Romans. Also, there was a part where several Pharisees protested Jesus' arrest, and they were taken away.
Even though I'm not Catholic, I feel like my experience was enriched by knowing the Stations of the Cross and being able to follow along, sort of. Question: how do we know about Veronica (the woman who wiped Jesus' face)? Is she actually in the Gospels, or is there a historical account of her? I couldn't remember seeing her in the Bible, and I'm curious now.
Basically, this was a soul-wrenching movie experience and I'm still kind of processing it. I urge everyone to go, but I don't know if I can see it again.
