Transformers

I love summer time. Playing outside with the kids. The beautiful weather. Blue Jays games. Summer is great. One of my favorite things about summer is the Hollywood blockbuster movies which hit the theaters. I just love going to the movies. Ever since I was a little kid spending my paper route money, I love grabbing a big bag of popcorn and enjoying some fun, exciting movies.

By far my favorite movie this summer was Transformers. In case you didn't see it I'll try not to spoil the ending for you here. This movie is based on the toys which first appeared in the 1980s. I never had any of the toys growing up but I sure did want them! If you're not familiar with the story behind Transformers it's actually quite simple. The Transformers are a race of giant robots from another planet which has been raging war between two groups for thousands of years. The good Autobots have been trying to stop the evil Decepticons from finding the powerful "All-spark", a device which would give these evil robots the power to control the universe. Their war brings the robots to Earth, so in order to not draw human attention to their existence, they "transform" into common Earth vehicles, like trucks, cars, jet planes, tanks and helicopters.

The movie really was mindless fun watching these robots battle each other for control of the All-spark.

I was really struck with a very simple concept while watching this movie. Normally, I don't try to find anything spiritual in a movie like thisÐ'... mainly because usually it's quite a stretch to find it. But this really hit a nerve which I've been going over again and again since I saw the movie in July.

In 2 Corinthians 3:18 we read "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." Paul is saying that those of us who have put our faith in Jesus are being transformed into the likeness of Christ. Also we are not to be like Moses and cover this up by putting a veil over our faces like he did. I love this verseÐ'.... God's