Keanu

Ok, as this blog goes on, you will begin to notice that I have a dislike of actor Keanu Reeves. I dont know why. Most of his movies are at least entertaining. He has never done anything to me personally. I just dont think he can act. At all. Not even a little bit.
Look, the arguement can be made that he has some great movies. Point Break was amazing. So was Bill and Teds. He was a surfer type in both...not exactly a stretch. The problem with all his other movies is that he is still acting the part of the surfer.
Yes, The Matrix is a great movie and it had incredible special effects and a good supporting cast (Hugo Weaving may be the best badguy since Vader). But please dont tell me that Keanu acted well in that movie. Whoa.
Yes, the "Whoa" is a trademark for him, for better or worse. The problem is that even that whoa was done better by a "better" actor, one Mr. Joey Lawrence. Whoa indeed, Mr. Anderson.
Like I said, it is nothing personal and I even like some of his non surfer movies like the replacements and...well, pretty much just the replacements. It just frustraits me that he has a job that pays entirely too well and I dont. So when you see a random Keanu thought posted in one of my blogs, dont think i hate him. I just dont understand him. In other words...Keanu Reeves has a successful career...WHOA!

Keanu Reeves does not care about the rising costs of gas prices

A sign of respect

We have been away from home for 2 weeks straight. We spent a week and a half in the area that will be our new home (the Haines City area) and 3 days in Cape Coral. While we were in Cape Coral, we learned of a police officer who had been shot in the face and killed while answering a domestic disturbance call. The local police were collecting money for the family. It was on the way home that i saw something that made me smile.
As we were leaving we saw hundreds of families lining the streets with American flags and posters. It looked like another fourth of July celebration. My wife and I were trying to figure out what was going on and then we drove past McGregor baptist church. There had to be 500 police cars and motorcycles in the parking lot. We put two and two together to figure out that all those people were there to pay respects to this fallen officer.
This almost brought me to tears. I don't know if it was the families lining up, or the fact that someone died the way he did, or if it was that so many police officers died where i live and i never once lined up to pay respects, but it made me think, and it made me reflect.
In just over one week I will be moving to Haines City and starting a new ministry. I will be helping youth get into relationships with Jesus Christ. I am experiencing almost every emotion due to this move. I am excited about the opprotunity, afraid of failure, sad to leave my old home, anxious about my income, and faithful that God will continue to bless me and my family.
After what I saw today, I wonder if my Christian life reflects the kind of respect that the officer got. Is my life lived in such a way that Jesus can be seen just by people watching my everyday goings-on?