Whenever you knock me down, I will not stay on the ground.
-Justin Bieber :]
I remember watching this remake movie--"The Karate Kid"--with GLU the time we spent nine hours together in the same room. What a day... none of us wanted to go. Some of us played the same card game at least seven times even though we were getting tired of it because we did not want a reason to leave (we finally stopped playing to watch the movie together hahaha).
It is the most cliché plotline ever: Boy moves to foreign land and gets bullied. Then Jackie Chan saves the day and helps boy overcome his bullies. Even so, we got so into it, yelling at antagonists and cheering with Jaden Smith. Spoiler alert... It is incredible how he refused to back down against this bully who had been training kong fu all his life and, what's more, even won with a freshly broken leg (and face). Although I can't deny that this is a bizarrely unbelievable outcome, it just goes to represent how physical strength will almost always be submissive to heart strength.
This is a great reminder for me, because my physical problems always seem to take over instead and knock down my emotional and spiritual health. I used to, and occasionally still, have weird eating disorders that complicate things, and every time I fast, I get sick, which also brings me down. Thus, I am very cautious about my physical health, and I always struggle mentally during the months my immune system is weak.
But the heart is where the Holy Spirit works. And I've never before thought to give it the leading role.
