Amazing Love

I was unsure about this movie as far a Christian movie. Once we started it we realized that this was going to be sort of a comedy. I have led many youth trips and several into the woods, and this really hit the dynamic really well. I won't lie and say the acting was good, but the story was. I liked the combining of two movies. One about a youth trip and the other about the prophet Hosea. It was a movie that really communicated the love of Christ for us. I would recommend this as a family safe movie that is moving for a small group.

This movie starts out with a small group of campers from a church going camping and one "outsider" coming along for the trip against her will. She does not want to fit in nor do some of those on the trip care if she does. Through the intervention of the youth leader and his wife and of course a wonderful bible story, hearts are changed.

This movie was kinda cheap however there are great significant and valuable lessons displayed. We see the comparison between the biblical account and a group of teens camping out. The biblical account is God communicating to his people the Israelites. God had a covenant with them but regardless of that they kept on cheating on God. This movie does a great job displaying how God was using Hosea to communicate to his people and how that applies to the campers lives and in return applies to our lives. I'm not giving any spoilers but the campers and the bible characters all match up so in the end it's basically the same story with a few modern differences. This is a great family movie, appropriate and educational for all ages.

My personal opinion is that the movie did a really good job retelling the story of Hosea the modern way and the biblical way. I liked how they did both a modern and a biblical version. How the unconditional love was displayed in the movie was very noticeable. In the movie, Ashley did not think that she needed Jesus and could solve her problems on her own. In the Bible when Israel turned from God saying we don't need you, everything is going good. His unconditional agape love will stay true and never fail unless I reject Him. Even then, He still doesn't stop loving us. If I reject Him, He leaves and lets us choose but still nudges us to go the right direction just like He used Hosea to nudge the people even though they didn't listen . If we listen, we can and will be saved and not be "enslaved" by sin.

I like the way the movie began with all those teenagers. Their characters were all different, some were mean and some were good. I like the man because he always shows respect to the teenagers. He help a lot to them that their personal lives were changed at the end because of hosea story. The bad thing for me was when the movie began with the girls hating each other, they were not getting along. It was tough for them, it took a long time for them to get along. But at the end they started talking to each other and started to telling each other about themselves. It was very nice.

Compare

Israel was not following God. God told Hosea to marry the unfaithful women. God told them to have 3 children named Jezreel, Lo-ammi, and Lo-ruhamah, and then She cheated with other men, after that she became a slave and Hosea bought her and they were together again.

Contrast

I thought she cheated Hosea because she was bored of him in the story and she didn't know anything about God, for the movie I saw was that she cheated for money at that time. When Gomer was a slave I thought Hosea bought from the men that Gomer was cheated with but Hosea bought her from another man. At the end they were together again with faith and they trusted each other.

Personal application

This movie teaches me about how much faith Hosea has on God and teaches Hosea how God feels when he has been rejected from his people. It was really hard for Hosea to go through those stuff that have happened to God. God just wants to teach us how much he loves them and show him how much he cares for those who rejected God.

Conclusion

It was a good ending. Some parts of the movie were not the same as the bible but it went great on it.

I think the movie, Amazing Love relates really well to the Hosea story. It talks about all the main parts and adds a nice view point. It showed me Hosea's character. It's one thing to read about how Hosea was but watching someone act out this part was amazing because Hosea was such a special, religious man. The movie related to Hosea's story in many ways while still adding a new view point.

I always knew Hosea was a great guy but watching this movie made me really see how forgiving, kind and loving he was. It relates to Hosea's story in the bible really well. It talks about the kids and the prophecies and Israel, but it highlights Hosea's relationship with Gomer. Gomer is viewed in a bad light, as a whore and an unfaithful woman. She doesn't love and appreciate Hosea and he still loves her with all his heart. The movie gives us a new perspective on that though because the movie says how we shouldn't judge someone if we don't know the whole story and how we should be kind to people like Hosea was. Just a little bit of kindness can change someone's life. Overall it was an enjoyable movie, the filming was good quality ,the acting was realistic, and the movie related to Hosea's story really well.

This story means a lot to me because it really lets us see how someone can have such a big impact on everything. Hosea didn't care what people thought about him and he didn't change his ways to protect his ego, he was completely loyal and faithful to God. It shows that with God we can do anything and more importantly with God we can change peoples lives for the better. In the movie, I really liked the part in which Carrie and Ashley had a fight because it shows another situation in which we can look at Hosea's message. Maybe it wasn't the message he was speaking but it was the message he was showing. We need to always be kind to people and show God's light through our actions because we could change someone's life like Hosea changed Gomer's or like Carrie changed Ashley's. The movie was excellent and added a really nice view point. I would recommend watching it.