God, Save the People!

We have been listening to the Godspell musical cd (go listen to the samples!) basically non-stop today. I love it! I just recently ordered it used from Amazon and it came last night in the mail. I knew that the boys would really like it, too, and it's all based on the Gospel of Matthew, so there's no worry about inappropriate lyrics. After a couple of rotations through they were both already singing along!

Although it's a relatively old musical (and even older Gospel), while listening to it today, I was feeling that the message is so poignant. It is so applicable to the current time (contrary to what 'higher education,' liberal arts, the intellects of the day and society might have us believe).

Last night, Lance (dh) and I finished watching The Ten Commandments movie (newer version with Dougray Scott as Moses). When it was over, he flipped over to the 'making the movie' bonus feature. In it, some of the actors were interviewed and one of them remarked on that very thing: that even though this is an ancient story, it is just as relevant to the time that we are living in. That really struck me as being true; especially in light of the fact that the movie details the relationship that God had with his people and, in particular, the relationship between God and Moses.

Personally, I also really liked that the movie showed so intimately the relationship that Moses had with God. Besides the relevance reminder, it was my favorite thing about it. It was interesting and refreshing how absolutely honest Moses was with God. He would get really frustrated with God and he wasn't shy about saying so. I really liked the parts where we were involved in their dialogues, in Moses' prayer with God. I'm starting to see that that was another good reminder that the movie gave me: what prayer is all about.