When we hear the word “love”, most of us think of it as a feminine. Our understanding of love has a tenderness to it. We think of love as being kind or gentle. Or else love is about romance, candlelight dinners, and holding hands. In some ways, those descriptions are love. And yet I think that the essence of love goes much deeper than that.
The movie, Spy Game, is a story about two CIA agents Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) and Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt). It ends with a daring raid on a Chinese prison to rescue Bishop and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Hadley. Bishop had gone into the prison earlier to rescue her. It is up to the retiring agent Nathan Muir to get them out. Using his experience and his life savings to bribe a Chinese official to make the rescue happen, the pair are brought out by Navy seals. As the 2 helicopters fly away, the camera pans over the Bishop’s helicopter from the vantage point of his
girlfriend’s helicopter. He leans forward to look at Elizabeth and his face is horribly swollen and bruised. It’s the face of love, beaten and battered for the sake of another. And Muir is pictured driving away from CIA headquarters broke from the investment of his life’s savings in the rescue. Such is the picture of true love. It is more than feelings or romance or niceness. There’s a manliness about it that is inescapable. Love is about strength, sacrifice, toughness, courage, perseverance, and pain.
The movie, Spy Game, is a story about two CIA agents Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) and Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt). It ends with a daring raid on a Chinese prison to rescue Bishop and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Hadley. Bishop had gone into the prison earlier to rescue her. It is up to the retiring agent Nathan Muir to get them out. Using his experience and his life savings to bribe a Chinese official to make the rescue happen, the pair are brought out by Navy seals. As the 2 helicopters fly away, the camera pans over the Bishop’s helicopter from the vantage point of his
girlfriend’s helicopter. He leans forward to look at Elizabeth and his face is horribly swollen and bruised. It’s the face of love, beaten and battered for the sake of another. And Muir is pictured driving away from CIA headquarters broke from the investment of his life’s savings in the rescue. Such is the picture of true love. It is more than feelings or romance or niceness. There’s a manliness about it that is inescapable. Love is about strength, sacrifice, toughness, courage, perseverance, and pain. Love truly is the most powerful force in all the world and throughout all of history. Absolutely nothing can stand against love in all its fury. Love backs down to nothing and sacrifices itself when all else around it fails. It has impacted history like nothing else. Love is no wimpy or weak emotion that gives us goose bumps when the right person gives us the right look. Love is a force that stands strong when all of the forces of the universe unite to fight against it, all to no avail. Conquering love is impossible. There have been moments in world history (and perhaps in your personal history) when it looked like love had been defeated, but it was only momentary. Love has lost a few battles, but in the end, love will prevail.
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