Spider-Man: Far From Home


        In Spider-Man: Far from Home, Peter is attracted to MJ and devises a plan to win her over. They are on vacation with some of their classmates for a weeklong “educational tour” in Europe in the summer. Their first stop is in Venice, Italy where Peter buys MJ a glass black dahlia necklace. His plan was to wait until they were in Paris to give it to her as a gift and ask her out. These original plans were foiled by a big threat coming to Venice while the group was there that ultimately ended up making the group’s plans change to where they wouldn’t be going to Paris. Eventually, MJ finds out that Peter is Spider-Man. The final fight with the villain, Mysterio, takes place in London where Mysterio makes sure the school group is located. Peter ends up giving the necklace to MJ through Happy, but it is, to Peter’s disappointment, broken. But Peter is relieved when MJ tells him she prefers it broken anyway and they kiss and start dating.

We, being human, are all sinners who fall short of the glory of God. We are broken by nature. It is our sin that causes us to be broken, but God has the power to renew, shape, and mold, us to be as if brand new. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 4:8 that we are “struck down but not destroyed” (ESV). The greatest powers of this world and the enemy cannot destroy us. Paul goes on to say that while our “outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed” (ESV). It is not until we die and go to heaven that this work is made complete. In the meantime, God chooses to use us to build his kingdom while doing His work within us.


        We are broken just like MJ’s black dahlia necklace. And the beautiful thing about that is that, like MJ loving the broken necklace, God loves us even though we’re broken. Even though the necklace could be fixed, it will never be made whole again, but for us, God has the power to make us anew. And He loves us so much that He joyfully takes His time to do so.

Do you recognize that you are a person made broken by your sin? How has God worked in you to make you anew? Are you grateful for how far He has brought you? Are you grateful to serve a God that loves you so much so as to take His time to work inside of you to make you whole? How can you show grace to others as they are going through a renewing process by God just like you? 

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