10,000 B.C.

Last night I took my cousins, Conner and Thomas Owen, to see 10,000 B.C. It was completely their choice, and I wasn't that excited about it. If you haven't seen it, do not read this; it will ruin the ending for you.

I love this movie. Those of you that know me best will probably figure out why.

D'Leh's father left him when he was a boy. He never quite understood, and faced ostracism from his peers because of this abandonment. Eventually (still a young boy), he met a girl named Evolet, and they grew into love as they grew up together. After he "won" her by killing the mammoth on his first hunt, he gave her up out of fear that others would discover what he felt about himself: that he was a fake. (He totally wasn't)

Some slave traders came and took her away, along with several others. Without hesitation, D'Leh left with a few companions in hot pursuit of her. He had come to know her deeply and knew that she was worth dying for. He risked his life for her dozens of times. He never gave up. He followed her far beyond the end of the world as he knew it.

Let me be clear, Evolet was no sissy. She was clever and strong and brave and persistent. She left a trail for him. She knew he would come for her. Later, she stabbed a guy with his own arrow. (That's what I'm talkin' about!)

Finally, in the tradition of Braveheart, D'Leh finds himself in Egypt. He has gathered many followers that have come to seek the freedom of their people. His desire was wildly contagious. His purpose was no longer solely to rescue Evolet, but to set free thousands of captives. Tic'Tic (his surrogate father) tells him this:

A good man draws a circle around him, and in it he cares for his family, his [wife] and children. A great man draws a larger circle including his brothers, his friends, and protects them as he would his family. But then there is the rare man who has a special destiny. His circle extends beyond boundaries to include the world of innocents who lack the will to defend themselves.

Although he doesn't believe it at first, D'Leh is destined to become such a man.

After a sweet battle, D'Leh and Evolet are about to be reunited. They are literally running toward each other, when the enemy, her captor (the one she had just stabbed), shoots her in the back with an arrow. D'Leh could not rescue her from death.

But Old Mother (this weird spirit lady back home) could. She took on the wounds of Evolet (whom she had practically raised as her own daughter), and died in her place, thus giving life back to her. Sound familiar? The same thing happened to me when Jesus called me back from death, saying "Wake up, O sleeper. Rise from the dead." (Eph. 5)

How fitting on Easter.