defending your life

Defending Your Life is a romantic comedy about Daniel, an ad executive, who dies in a car collision and finds himself in Judgement City, defending his life before a celestial court. Daniel has five days to defend the way he lived his life in order to be allowed to move onward instead of going back to earth to live another one. As Daniel reviews his less-than-courageous life, he also enjoys the perks of Judgment City--the Past Lives Pavilion, all the food you can eat without any risk of weight gain--and Julia, the woman he's waited all his life to find. But if he can't prove his life wasn't governed by fear, Daniel has to go back--and Julia seems a shoo-in to move onward.

I love this movie....it's one I could watch over and over again. I don't believe in reincarnation - but do believe all of us will one day give an account for the life we lived here on earth.

While "defending his life", Daniel's defense lawyer showed scenes from Daniel's life to prove his worthiness to "move on" - while the prosecuting attorney showed scenes that proved Daniel was not ready.


There are some scenes from my life that I never want replayed...
bad choices...weak moments...cowardice and fear.
But like Julia (Meryl Streep), I have my brave, heroic scenes as well.
I have faced my fears and stared down the throat of my voracious hungers.
I will not be slave to anything - not to my past - not to my inadequacies -
not to my fears.

I have learned many lessons the hard way - by stumbling, falling.

I have been blessed with abundant mercy and grace and I want to be a blessing to others. God knows how many days I have left and I want to live everyday with the end in mind. I want to have more good scenes than bad ones.