It’s All in the “KNOWING”

Last night I rented and watched the DVD “Knowing” starring Nicholas Cage. I’d seen the trailer before the movie hit the theaters and was intrigued, but somehow missed seeing it on the big screen (which undoubtedly would have REALLY been something to see, given the apocalyptic ending!).

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Anyway, suffice it to say that this film has made quite an impression upon me (which is a compliment as I watch a lot of film and most of it is forgetable). Without giving too much away, “Knowing” is one of those “its-the-end-of-the-world” in the vein of “Deep Impact,” “Armageddon,” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. However, unlike any of those films where the hero/heroine somehow manages to save the planet, THIS one actually shows the world being consumed by a solar flare!! Beyond the special effects (which are really good, by the way), “Knowing” stands out in my mind because it successfully tackles the duality of science and faith without doing harm to either.

Whether it’s by the 2nd Coming of Christ as foretold in the Christian faith or natural evolution as predicted by numerous other sources, the outcome is the same: the end of life as we know it. Prognostiocators continue their attempts to set a date when “the end” will happen (remember Y2K? Now they’re looking at 2012).

I’m thankful I don’t know when my own life span will end, much more the end of the age. I don’t need such a deadline (no pun intended) to realize the truth that it will come all to soon whenever/however it happens. In light of that “knowing,” I do my best to live every moment as if it could be my last. That means I let people know how much I care about them while they’re still here. I prioritize what has lasting value and take with a grain of salt what won’t matter in the future.

Last but certainly not least, I walk with the Creator and trust Him with what I cannot know or change. Some might find or would say such dependence is weak and foolish. I can only testify that for almost 40 of the 50 years of my life, my faith in God has never failed or disappointed me in the least. Moreover, with it I find my enjoyment of life truly multiplied exponentially.

I believe at every end there’s a beginning, and that there’s a Divine purpose to which all events conform. And it’s in my BELIEVING that I know. THAT “knowing” is enough.