Like Arrows

This past week, I had the opportunity to have a prescreening of the movie Like Arrows. I was provided this opportunity for free for my honest review of the movie.

From Executive Producers, Alex and Stephen Kendrick (“War Room” and “Courageous”) and FamilyLife’s Dennis and Barbara Rainey and Bob Lapine comes the wonderful new movie Like Arrows

This movie will play for a limited time, May 1st and May 3rd, 2018 in 800 theaters nationwide. See the link below to find a theatre near you.

Charlie and Alice are a young couple trying to get through the daily grind of life. As their family grows so do the complications that swirl around raising children.

Charlie and Alice try to do the best they can but realize their children are slipping away from them.

Through some conflicts and rebellion within their family, they realize with the help of some wise friends, their best isn’t gaining them any ground and they need to make changes.

Before it is too late, Charlie and Alice make the decision to be intentional about godly parenting. They decide the only thing that is going to change their family is if they change their focus.

We see the time lapse and the journey of 50 years with this couple as life ups and downs begin to lived hope and restoration as they focus their family on God and His Word.

This Movie was a Must See

There is no way around saying this. If you have children in your home that are still living there or are even coming home from college to live for a time and younger. This is a must-see film.

I loved this movie. I spent the first half of the movie enjoying watching the ups and downs of raising children and the last 20 – 30 minutes of the movie crying.

Le me tell you it why this had such an impact on me. I have this idea that my husband and I are doing the best we can. We go to church regularly, we study God’s Word, and occasionally we go through spurts where we latch onto a process of studying God’s Word and then it fades away.

When we get busy and life takes over things, God, gets pushed aside. We try to be intentional but when it gets hard or something comes up, we just keep going. Not as much in our personal walks with Christ but with our children.

This movie made me see our lives and our children’s lives in fast forward for the breath that it is (Psalm 39:5).

I see my life going by quickly but when you look at the depiction of someone’s life in an hour an half the reality is an eye-opener. When this short time spans the 50 years of Charlie and Alice and the life of their children, you see that time is so precious and you only have so many moments.

Our number one priority and mission as parents is to raise our children. In that limited amount of time we have to influence them, it is vital that we raise up the next godly generation.

Raising Arrows

One of my favorite lines from the movie comes from the daughter when she is speaking at the parent’s 50 anniversary. She says speaking of her parents, “They showed me what it means to live my life in Jesus instead of trying to find a place for Jesus in my life.”

How too often, I try and find a place for Jesus in my life and the life of my children. I want their relationship with Him to be genuine but the realization that I need to be intentional at making Him the focus of our home and not just something we do but who we are.

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. Psalm 127:3-4 (NASB)

Our children are gifts from God. They are our reward. What a beautiful perspective that I often overlook.

When my husband and I let our arrows fly, we need to have made sure they have been given an intentional and proper focus and our aim has to be centered on Jesus.

I loved this movie and would recommend it to anyone who has children, who would like to know how to support a family with children, or just wants to watch another amazing movie by the Kendrick Brothers. This is an excellent resource and with amazing insight from FamilyLife. You will not be disappointed.

Please watch the quick snippet below and check out in the links below where to see this movie in a theatre near you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1teIZdpfixfvqnGlEmGOrxWYGJLqIqXTi/view?ts=5ad9efe3

Social Corner:

1. 1.  Like Arrows – Press Release

1.  Like Arrows – Link to website/ticketing page  (theater verification)

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