I am one of those Christians that decided not to see The Passion of the Christ in the theaters. I wasn't sure I would ever watch it. The topic is so personal to me to see it in living color was not something I was sure I was prepared to do.

Today I took the 14 year old I got the bible for Christmas shopping. While in a store he said he wanted to see it. I didn't want him to watch it alone, or with someone who could not explain what was happening to him. If he was going to watch it I wanted him to understand what he was seeing.

I saw the movie and I picked up a copy. We left that store and went back to the car and I told him I bought the movie and asked him would he rather continue shopping or go to my house and watch it with me.

He choose to watch the movie, so we did.

The movie had an impact on me as I expected. To see Christ suffer all of that knowing that he did not deserve it but I sure did. He suffered so much for all of us. I cried through most of the movie, while trying to explain and answer the questions that where asked of me. All the time praying that God would open the eyes of this boys heart and that this boy would choose Christ.

The movie had an impact on him. He asked some very good questions. He was moved by it. He wanted to know "Would any other man who was not THE Savior been able to endure all of that?" He also wanted to know "How Jesus was able to keep going?" "Why did he pray for the people responsible for all of his suffering?"

He had a few questions about the last supper and what happened after Jesus was resurrected.

For as unprepared as I felt to watch that movie, I am glad that I bought it to watch with him. Will that disk ever be played again? I just don't know. I guess if God calls me to watch it with someone else I will. On my own, I don't think so.