Yes I’m still talking about this movie! Don’t worry this is the last one (I think). At one point in the film, Mahoney sees a sign on the subway posing the question “Do you have a sparkle?” It floors her. Later she asks the mutant what he sees when he looks at her. She wants to know if he sees a sparkle, “Like something reflective of something bigger that’s trying to get out.” Do you ever wonder what people see when they look at you?
Phillipians 2:14-16 has always been an especially favorite passage of scripture for me. “Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation in which you shine like stars as you hold out the word of life.” Wow, that sounds so simple. If I could do everything without complaining or arguing I would be blameless and pure. But, have you ever tried to go even one day without complaining or arguing? It’s definitely not simple.
At the end of the movie, the accountant (aka doubter) finally begins to believe. He gets the revelation that it’s Mahoney’s faith that makes the store come to life. He tells her “It’s you, Mahoney. What you need to believe is not the cube and it’s not the store and it’s not me. What you need to believe in is you.” And with that realization she finally begins to sparkle! Everything comes to life in the store at her direction. It’s magical!!
I don’t know about you, but I want to create and design and sparkle all over this God breathed, God given earth! That’s what We’ve been created for and that’s what He’s been waiting for along with the entire earth! It’s been groaning long enough don’t you think?
Thank you Zachary Helm for giving me a visual for this amazing spiritual truth!! I will be forever grateful!
Ok Ronda. I watched it. Good stuff! I totally identified with the mutant!