#deliverance

Craww, “Deliverance”

28. Homeworld

Top 10 April & May.

Summer of ‘42 (Robert Mulligan, 1971)

The Long, Hot Summer (Martin Ritt, 1958)

Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)

Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, 2026)

Eat Drink Man Woman (Ang Lee, 1994)

Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

De Vierde Man (Paul Verhoeven, 1983)

Pitfall (André de Toth, 1948)

La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher, 2023)

A Traveler’s Needs (Hong Sang-soo, 2024)

“But I trust in Your unfailing love. I will rejoice because You have rescued me.” ‭‭— Psalm‬ ‭13:5‬ ‭(NLT‬‬)

Have you ever stopped to think about the fact that children’s nursery rhymes are a little bizarre? Take, for instance, the depressing tale of Humpty Dumpty.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,

Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

While I wonder about the wisdom of entertaining little kids with such a grim tale, I have to admit that I am a little confused as to why an egg would ever sit on a wall in the first place! And what exactly would we expect the horses to do about it? So, why are we pinning our hopes on them? A great bumper sticker expresses the convictions of a conspiracy theorist, stating, “Humpty Dumpty was pushed!”

But, as silly as all of that is, we have to admit that there are days when you and I feel a lot like Humpty Dumpty. The broken pieces of life seem hopelessly shattered, and for the life of us we don’t have a clue about how to put them back together again.

So, what do we do when life has us in pieces at the bottom of the wall? Read and embrace the truth of Psalm 13: 1-6!

When your life is splattered at the bottom of the wall, turn your heart to Him and you will see afresh that we have a King who knows how to put broken lives back together again. With the assurance of God’s unfailing love for us, regardless of our circumstances, we can rest assured that He ultimately will do for us what no one could do for poor Humpty Dumpty.

—Joe Stowell

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