Help me get one more

I was watching the Hacksaw Ridge, a 2016 movie directed by Mel Gibson starring Andrew Garfield.  It is about an American army medic, Pvt. Desmond Doss who served the battle of Okinawa, who because of his strong religious belief refused to hold a gun and ill people.  He saved 75 soldiers during that battle.  He was given the medal of honor even without holding a gun or firing it. Watching this movie tells us about a lot of things. 

1. Life is a daily battle and we have to just keep on saving one another.

In life's battle, it is not how many you have one but how many lives you have touched.  The struggle in our daily life is real.  Every day there is war of hunger and poverty - not just of food but of wanting to be loved.  The hunger for love is much worse than the hunger for physical food.  Our souls need attention as much as our own physical body.  Everyone of us, each individual, is in a situation different from one another.  So, it might be useful to at least help one more every day.  

2.  It helps so much to pray.

  Not only in war that we need to pray.  We thank God, the supreme being, for all the daily small and big amazing miracles that we get everyday.  And when we are weak, He is our strength.  The movie opens with.....

Isaiah 40:28-31, “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”

This was also the verse I have held on to during my battle with thyroid cancer.  Indeed God will raise us up on eagles wings.

3.  Be passionate and get respect.  

Give 101% in everything you do and people will notice not you but what you do.  Desmond in the movie was laughed at at first but when they saw what he did,  they believed in him even if most of the soldiers are nonbelievers of God.  He gained respect because he was passionate of his calling.

4,  The word of God is our weapon.

Even if we deny the truth in the bible, most of our whys in life can be answered by studying the word of God in the bible.  In times of trials and sufferings, the word is our comfort.  It pays to study the bible.

5.  Leaders lead the first defense.

Leaders should always be front liners so that the followers may truly believe in what they are fighting for.  How can a leader lead when he is hiding at the back?  In saving souls, leaders are supposed to go first into the battle and rescue,  They bring about healing and hope.

As we continue our battle in life, others are also having their own battles.  We should remember that we can always ask God to help us to help more people.