Shawn Gaston - "Bruce Almighty"

I loved this movie and thought it was hilarious but that it also had a good lesson in it and I wanted to explore the deeper meaning. Bruce is just a regular guy who works for a television news show, he lives in a nice apartment and has a great girl friend. Then all of a sudden things start to go bad and his life starts throwing him curve balls. He loses his job for letting his anger get the best of him and then he starts fighting with his girlfriend and she threatens to leave him. He becomes very bitter and turns that anger towards God, blaming him for everything that is happening to him. God decides to teach him a lesson and turns over his powers to Bruce. When Bruce figures out what happened he is so happy he uses all his powers to his advantage. Plays jokes that he thinks are hilarious at others expense. He uses this power to get his girlfriend back and not his heart. He uses it to get his job back and impress his boss. He begins realizes that his decisions are affecting so many other people than just himself. He answers everyone’s prayers with a “yes” because he thinks this will make everyone happy. Well this decision back fires and people start winning the lottery, acing all their tests, getting undeserved promotions at work ect… He then calls out to God and apologizes for ever getting mad and blaming Him. His job is a lot harder than Bruce ever thought it could be and he no longer wanted to bear all that responsibility. This is a great lesson because I think a lot of us Christians sometimes think that God isn’t listening because he doesn’t answer all our prayers. He lets bad things happen to us and it’s hard to understand why. But I have really come to learn that God has a reason for everything that happens. He knows what is meant to come of your life and he will lead you the right way if you let him. You could get really mad that you lost your job and blame Him for not taking care of you but He knows that there is something better out there for you to find further down the road that you never would have if you didn’t get fired in the first place. This lesson is portrayed really well in this movie using comedy! The writers and actors used a funny story line to act out a very serious message and I would hope that a lot of people really took it for its mean as well as enjoying its wit and humor.