Fireproof

Yesterday I had the day off, and completed many projects around the house - finished washing the windows, painted the ceilings in the study and hallway. I was touching up the paint job in the hallway and realized I had used the "adjusted" paint to do my touch-up- creating more work for me, because I now actually had to paint the hallway the rest of the "adjusted" color.

I was in the middle of doing these projects when my wonderful husband came home and said, "I want to take you out tonight- I need you ready by 5:45". When he said this, of course I was excited, but it was very difficult not to argue and ask to do it another evening when I am not in the middle of so many projects. Nonetheless, I kept my mouth shut, stopped my painting, hurriedly got ready, and out the door we went.

As we are driving away, he says:

"We are going to dinner and then see Fireproof."

YES, YES, YES!!!! I have been asking since opening weekend to go and see this movie! My husband wasn't that excited about it, because he thought we would be a "cheezy Christian film". But one of his co-workers had seen it over the weekend and encouraged my husband to take me.

Fireproof.... It's great! Husbands and Wives go see this movie (bring Kleenex too)!!!! Our society needs more movies like this. Sure, there were some "cheezy" moments, but it's not enough to not see the movie. We talked about the movie the rest of the evening, and woke up this morning with it on our hearts. It truly makes an impression.

I looked on their website this morning (http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com/) and here is an insert from an interview with Dr. Phil. Alex is the co-writer of the screen play.

“Alex, what was your main objective in doing this film?” Dr. Phil asks.

“You know as well as I do that marriages in this culture are being devalued, watered down, called a piece of paper, and we want to bring a standard and honor back to marriage,” Alex says. “So doing this movie was one way to put a message out there of hope, and inspiration and faith for couples to say, 'Hey, marriage is worth honoring and fighting for.'”


Alex says the old addage “Never leave your partner behind” has significance to non-firefighters as well. “You know, it’s now national policy for firefighters: two in, two out. If you go to a fire, you stay with your partner, you go in and you come out, and that applies to marriage as well. You’re going to go through fire. The meaning of fireproof is not that fire will never come, but when it comes, you can withstand it. And the only way to do that is to purposefully stay together, to have a higher standard than living just with yourself and meeting the other person’s needs.” (http://www.drphil.com/slideshows/slideshow/4632/?id=4632&showID=1130 for the interview)

Put down your paint brushes, and go on a date with your husband. It is actually worth the price of the movie ticket.