Could You Be A Saint?

God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago.  

We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. 

And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. 

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God freely and graciously declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

Romans 8:21-24

 

I watched the Bill Murray movie entitled "St. Vincent" over the Labor Day weekend and found it to be, on the whole, rather enjoyable.  The part of the movie that truly stuck out for me was near the end.  If you haven't seen the movie and want to, sorry....spoiler alert!  Bill Murray is excellent at playing the sarcastic, frumpy, grumpy, ne'er do well type of character and this is no exception.  Over and over he tries to do something right and fails miserably...or so we are led to believe.

 

The ending made me think about the question that was asked of the students at the Catholic School in the movie: "What makes a Saint?"  Oliver, the young boy in the movie, perfectly explains that a Saint is a flawed human being who does things for the good of others through sacrifices.  In this movie, as in life, the true good deeds do not seem to be a significant part of the storyline, but, in fact, they are the entire point of the storyline!  

 

Saints are not people who are perfect! Because perfection is not something we, as humans, can achieve on this dirtball.  We are flawed!  We are screw-ups!  We are imperfect in every since of the word!  Yet some people seem to stand out for their goodness.  I listened to the speech Oliver gave in the movie over and over and realized there are saints all around us, but we just don't seem to see them.  We take them for granted!  We look right over them and their efforts.  Yet they keep on doing good for others.

I beg you to watch this clip and see if you would qualify to be a saint.  It's never too late to start becoming one.