A Second Scene From War Horse; Helping People Entangled in Wire (sin)
Recently, Holli and I went to see the movie "Warhorse." There were a few scenes from the movie that really touched me. I have shared one.. this is a second.
In one scene, "Joey," the name of the horse, breaks loose and is trying to run free. As he does, he goes through about three bobbed-wire fences (although he's a phenomenal horse, he never learned to jump). Each time he goes through a fence he takes a little bobbed-wire with him until finally, he is entangled in enough wire that he can't move. So, he's entangled in the wire between lines of soldiers.
One soldier sees him and decides to take a chance.. he leaves his line of defense with a white flag. Gingerly, he makes his way to "Joey" waving his white flag, signaling that he is not armed.
He makes his way to "Joey" and begins trying to figure out HOW to free the horse from all the wire. About that time, he turns and an opposing soldier is standing there with a pair of wire-cutters. The soldier had seen what was happening and was volunteering his help. The two soldiers then begin cutting "Joey" free from the wire he's entangled in. After some time and lots of cutting, Joey is free. The two opposing soldiers encourage one another to be careful and then they part company.. going back to their respective lines to resume fighting.
Although I've tried to describe the scene, there is no way I can do it justice. What do we learn from it? It's this; two opposing armies stopped fighting to help free a wounded horse. And, no offense; but this was a HORSE.
We desperately need to do the same with people. There are lots of people entangled in wire who need Christians to stop and help them get free. Sometimes, we are too busy arguing about the Bible to do it. At times, we are too busy attending religious meetings. There are people all around us, like Joey, who need our help.
One soldier took a risk to help Joey. He could have lost his life saving Joey but he was willing to take the risk to save the horse. We need to be willing to at least inconvenience ourselves to help others... to be a friend when someone is hurting.
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