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Knowing that their planet krypton is about to destruct
two desperate parents build a spacecraft and put their child
in it. The spacecraft lands and the baby is found by the Kents , who raise him. As he
grows up on Earth, they discover that he has
superhuman powers. The Kents teach Clark to use these
powers responsibly to help others and fight crime. This
is the origin of Superman
When he was one year old, the most evil wizard for
hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill this young man. As a result,
Harry is orphaned and sent to live with his only remaining family, the Dursleys. On his
eleventh birthday, Harry learns he is a wizard when
Hagrid arrives to tell him that he is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. He eventually learns that he is chosen one.
Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive
Spider
And becomes Spider Man
Luke lived a normal life on Tatooine
until he realizes that he is a Jedi. He eventually
discovers that he has a twin
sister (Leah) and thatDarth Vader is
HIS FATHER.
Steve Austin, astronaut: a man barely alive
Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the
technology.We have the capability to
make the world’s first bionic man
Steve Austin will be that man.
Better than he was beforeBetter, Stronger, Faster
(Oscar Goldman)
Our significant heroes – real or otherwise- have an origin story
that is some how fantastic . This was
not invented by comic books or
authors , or movie writers – but by
ancient story tellers.
Back stories are invented when somebody does
something great to proclaim their birth as
great. Thus linking them to the divine.
Which is why it is so odd that for
ancient Israel, new hope comes to be
through desperate prayer of a
powerless Woman.
Hannah, asks God for help and is given the child Samuel.
Here the way of the divine triumphs over
the social circumstances that
marginalize women.
Important to note – what this story is not about - it is not about God letting
you have kids – nor about God letting you have two
wives.What does this text say
about God? God does not give everybody what they want if they ask enough
God does not meet the expectations of the
norm but lifts up the lowly.
God Meets people in their suffering – It is
the dark Knight of our soul. Think of our
heroes- torment is part as much a part of their
reality – as are superpowers
So it is with each of us and our own unfulfilled hope – that where we
bear scorn, and are marginalized – when what you want more
than anything else – Is the very thing that can
not be. That still we find hope, identity
purpose.
In faith we say…. God enters and turns the world upside down ‘God raises up the
poor from the dust; God lifts the needy
from the ash heap, to make them sit with
princes and inherit a seat of honour.’
This is who you can expect God to be and how you can expect God to find
you. Obvious question – will God do this for me?- God will not act in the same way - this is not a cookies cutter… God will do this…if you do this…
that’s the part of religion we have messed up .
This ancient song of Hannah tells the story of how they see
God working in ordinary people in everyday things.God works with nothing.
Brings something out of it. The Bible starts by saying… In
the beginning there was nothing …and God created.
Which again is not our proof against evolution… but rather our understanding that God
creates …
Danger lurks all around not the Valdemort,
Empire, Kryptonite, but the soul crushing – and
far more frightening danger of everyday reality
in which we think that world can not change –
that we can not help our kids – that violence –
hatred and bullying wins.
When you feel this way –
remember not only does God reach out to the powerless, but God elevates them to strength. This is God's business it is what
God does. Nothing turns into something.
Barrenness turns to fruitfulness. Hopelessness transforms into
hopefulness. Regret from the past moves to joy over the future.
So walk in hope, walk in faith, walk in the knowledge that you can
make a difference and challenge yourself to see how God is working in the everyday reality that is the
miracle of life.
When the world says, “Give Up”
Hope Whispers,“Try it one
more time.”