Iron Will

I thoroughly enjoy the little company named netflix. You can rent all kinds of movies from new releases to old black and whites. The best part is they come straight to your mailbox.

Our most recent flick to arrive at the door is Iron Will. I love this movie. It's about a teenage boy who sets out to win a dog-sled race so he can use the prize-money to save his family's farm and pay for college after the death of his father leaves his family financially strained.


During the film Will is given two pieces of advice: 1. run more, sleep less. and 2. When you come to face the thing you fear, trust the Creator.

As children of God we are blessed in the fact that we have nothing to fear. The problem is that so many of us struggle with fear every day. We are afraid of being alone, afraid of death, afraid of losing financial stability, afraid of not being accepted. Fear is a major player in our lives. As much as our hearts know we have nothing to fear, somehow the signal gets lost between our heart and our brain.

Another movie quote says that "courage is not the absence of fear, but rather, the knowledge that something else is more important than the fear."

Courage and Trust: the two go hand in hand. It takes courage to trust someone or something. Inevitably though, what we put our trust in will let us down. That is unless we follow the advice given in Iron Will--Trust the Creator. He may tell us no or make us wait on His timing every now and then, and He tells us that life as a member of His family will come with hard times and trials; however, He will be right there with us through it all. He will hold our hand to guide us and if need be He will pick us up and carry us through the flames. God will always be there. He won't let us down. So when you come face to face with the thing you fear most, Trust the Creator and he will light your path.