Surprise Avenues

Be careful what you pray for. You never know what doors God will open up and often, they'll surprise you.

As humans, we tend to think along traditional avenues when trying to solve a problem. God, on the other hand, will take his children off the beaten path, and provide in a way one might not often think of. It puzzles the world, and amazes His followers.

Great example, The Hiding Place. Both a book and a film, it shows how God took care of His children in one of the worst and darkest times of human history.

Best quote from it: There is no pit that is so deep, that God is not deeper still.

So don't look at adversity and dark times in your life as 'God has deserted me'. Instead, hold onto your heavenly father's hand and trust Him to be with and lead you through them.

TV Review - Defiance

While not actually a Christian Speculative program, Defiance shows much promise as a Science Fiction TV show. There are plenty of twists and turns, unexplained mysteries, and a hints of some type of spiritual background among the various alien races who live in the town.

The show starts with a human and an alien racing across the barren landscape in a type of car often seen in post apocalyptic movies. They stop to investigate an ark fall, uncovering a treasure which will help them 'get ahead' in their life. They run into vicious bikers, escape, injured but alive, and run into the lawkeeper from Defiance.

They're taken in, cared for and get involved with the locals, pretty much against their will. There's a murder, an attack by an army and in the end, the human male is offered the job of lawkeeper.

Best of all, there is plenty of undercurrents, like a family feud between two powerful families, two sisters, one of which if the mayor, the other the local bar keep - brothel owner, and a Romeo-Juliet romance.

It will be interesting to see if the writers manage to pull off a tight action packed series with all the interesting set up elements in tact.