Processing the Kite Runner

Just about to head off to bed, but as i just finnished watching “The Kite Runner” I just had take some time to process. Ok so the film is in NO way anywhere as near as the book, however, if you’ve read the book, some of the scenes and images in the film are worth sticking around for. The movie is in no way as dark as the book, especially the ending, but knowing the full story of the book, when you watch the film, you can still feel the depth of the emotion at certain places.
The ending just had me in tears all over again, (as i was when I read the book). My heart is hurting for the people of Afganastan, a people so far away from me personally in culture and distance, and people who due to circumstance, I may never have the pleasure of knowing, but when I see this movie, i want to know them. I want to be let into their world, and befriend them and drink their tea, eat their food, go to their weddings and hear their stories. I think of my Christian brother’s and sisters there who are under so much persecution and are dying for their faith. I think of the women and children who are being ravaged and robbed of their very lives and souls through abuse and it hurts.

Amidst my daily bemoanings about my own life’s circumstances….it helps to have a reality check like this one every so often.

Aside from the overal picture of Afganastan, the story itself is also powerful, and although I don’t believe we can “make up for our wrongs” by our rights….the end of the movie made me think ultimately of Grace…

Grace that can set us free from the past and heal our brokenness.

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