Freshwater: Finding O'Hana

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Finding O'Hana

Finding O’Hana on NetFlix

Brooklyn-raised siblings when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an epic

adventure with new friends, and leads them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.

Check out the trailer, here. If you have Netflix, you can find the movie here. There’s a great article I found after the fact, here.

Oh my goodness! I loved it! I had a sneaking suspicion I would enjoy it when I read the description, but as the movie progressed it was definitively proven.

There are some obvious nods to another strong movie loved by generations, from “Hey you guys” (not spoken in the same way, just the line), to a movie quote I thought I remembered but just can’t find, to Data (yes, the actor who played Data Ke Huy Quan,), to the caverns and water, but it stands alone, not as a copycat, but as a strong, good, clean, family movie all by itself.

I highly recommend Finding O’Hana!

I told you it would be here. I knew it, I knew it the whole time.