Superman’s Answer… and my family, my hero's
Recently I was able to go see the new movie “Superman Returns.”
I have to admit, it was very nostalgic for me. I had memories of my childhood flashing before me. Memories of Gean Hackmen as Lex Luther mushing dogs over snow to find Superman’s Lair; and the late Christopher Reeves as Superman and a bumbling Clark Kent saving the Metropolis and often the world from nuclear meltdowns, cousins from Krypton, and supercomputers going to destroy the world.
I grew up on these movies, this hero, these noble gestures to save the world.
In Superman Returns the hero has been missing for five years. While he was gone to check out his home world, Krypton, Lois gets a Pulitzer for writing “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman.”
Later in the movie Superman comes to talk with Lois for the first time. During their dramatic reunion filled with heart pounding pauses for effect, Superman asks, “Why did you write he article? She responds something like, “The world doesn’t need a savior.” Superman asks her to come with him and they fly to a high point above not only Metropolis but over many cities. He asks her, “What do you hear?” Lois, “Nothing.” Superman, “I hear everything, everyone. “This is why they need a savior.”
The movie has other Christ figure type moments, but this one was special for me. As the nostalgia got to me and I remember being a young boy again, these words echoed from the superhero’s words in my mind.
The last several months have not been easy, but my family each deserves a Superman T-Shirt. For they have each been brave and true in their own way. Through leaving a home my kids have always known, leaving a job we have held and loved for 7 years, leaving friends that we consider family behind, embarking into the unknown for only God knows how long, and having another little Rumley added to the mix, we have gone through a lot.
It looks like it may all be drawing to a close. We will be candidating at a church this next weekend in Danville Illinois. Without being too cheesy I feel this is my Metropolis, for I am meant to too influence not only a church but a community and a city. I feel it in me, the S burning in my chest. Most of all I am glad that I serve the most high God. Who truly is real and worthy of my praise. I am glad that He hears everything, and knows this world still needs a Savior.
So the next time you see a bird, or a plane, maybe it’s just me still believing God hears everything. Maybe it’s time you said a prayer and believed He hears you still, He’s never stopped.
God’s Speed to us all…
Dave | 
