God Opened My Eyes

[Journey.In.Grace]

Hello! You may not know me very well, or at all. This is because I have been inactive for a long time now, but I am glad to be back on the forum. I intend to stay on the forum nd converse with others, and help as well. Last night I had an experience where God opened my eyes. I truly believe He did, and in the most unheard way that anyone has heard of. It was through Netflix. I know. You don't usually hear things of people feeling God is trying to get through to them and opening their eyes through a movie or TV show on Netflix. But I firmly believe He opened my eyes last night. Before I tell the expereince, I want to tell you a little about me so you will understand the story better.

I am a born again Christian of six years. But I have stumbled and sinned I don't know how many times, and I always struggled to get back to God. I know He has pulled on the string countless times to get me back to Him. As we speak I am working my way to get back to Him, and stay firm this time. I feel comfortable telling you this because I know for a fact this has happened to everyone once, if not twice. This story, I truly believe He opened my eyes so I can truly and finally understand that my life is an empty void without Christ in my heart.

I was on Netflix last night, and decided to look at the movies labeled as Faith/Spirituality. That was the first thing I click on. In fact, the reason why I went on Netflix is because I thought 'I want to watch something about Christ and faith'; it simply came into my mind without thought, and so I went on Netflix. I saw this TV series called The Bible. It interested me, and immediately I was hooked. I was fasinated how they reinacted the Bible itself. The actors were outstanding, the show itself kept very close to books in the Bible, and over all it was just wonderful. I was even more thrilled to discover that they added the movie Son Of God in the show where the story about Jesus came in, which is my favorite movie. It was already enough I was feeling a strong sense when watching the first couple of episodes, but when it got to the episodes about Jesus, it felt...different.

I thought Son of God was exceptionally good. The actor who played Jesus reeled me in, and he played a big part in me being so drawn to the movie. I only saw half of it though, so I got to see the entire movie when I watched the episodes. Which made it even better for me. There was something about the episodes - technically the movie, I suppose, that really spoke to me. I don't know what it was. Was it the actor and his wonderful portrayal? No. Was it how the movie was so well written and kept to the book? No. It was the words spoken by Jesus. It just spoke to me - loud and clear. I can't quite explain it. Its like, you know when you are sitting down and reading your Bible, and a particular Scripture jumps out to you? Well, that was it for me with the movie.

Throughout watching it I was thinking 'God truly loves us. God gave up so much for us to have a second change. Jesus is the way and the light; without Him, we truly are nothing', and similar thoughts. I felt that they weren't even my thoughts; they were like echos, as if telling me 'Hey. I'm here, and I am waiting for you to come to me."

I admit, I was crying a couple of times throughout the episodes. I get emotional over little things, especially when it is something in a tv show or movie; but this time, this was true for me. It just felt that God had me watch this for a reason, that He opened my eyes for me to truly see. I know some people will disagree with my belief, and that is okay. Not everyone has the same belief, but I truly believe this was the work of God. A way for me to get back to Him. I wanted to share this with others in hopes it perhaps it being uplifting, and encouraging. I hope it was. It certainly is for me every time I think about it.