![]() ![]() The initial plan was to create a continuing story that would unfold over six weeks as part of a new video curriculum. And in the process, we hope they’ll be inspired to make their faith more core to how they function as a family.”īut a feature movie wasn’t originally in the script. “We wanted to take viewers on what we hope will be a very relatable journey. “The parenting journey is both incredibly challenging and incredibly rewarding at the same time,” says FamilyLife’s Bob Lepine. More than entertaining, LIKE ARROWS uniquely portrays a couple journeying through every phase of parenting. (To learn more about the movie, find out where it will be showing, and how to reserve tickets, go to .)įollowing a couple from their first pregnancy to their 50th anniversary, the film takes viewers through the joys and trials of parenting and shows the powerful effect that family has to shape the next generation. Layered with inspiration and heart, the full feature will be shown as a two-day-only event on May 1 and 3 on more than 800 screens and in every state. Have you heard about LIKE ARROWS? What started as a new parenting resource has become a powerful movie that will make its debut in hundreds of theaters in May of 2018 as FamilyLife launches LIKE ARROWS as its first full-length feature film. No two are the same, and each one will find a different trajectory when you finally loose them from the bow, but as a favourite professor of mine used to say: “If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time.Alex and Stephen Kendrick Serve as Executive Producers for LIKE ARROWS And your task is to prepare them, to encourage them to fly true to their target. As you invest time with your young arrows, remind yourself that they are intended for a purpose. Do everything you can to teach them to think sharply. Apply straightening pressure wisely, not as a random show of power. Know them, understand them, guide and strengthen them. Raising children means taking responsibility to give them the best chance of reaching their potential. So if children are like arrows in this particular image, then the corresponding ideas apply. Some woods snap easier than others, and it takes a little experience to know just where to apply pressure to keep everything in line, and so anticipate a good result. For the warrior this takes diligence, care, and an understanding of the composition of his arrows. Then they have the best chance to fly true and effectively meet their intended purpose when the time comes. The warrior’s job, while his arrows are in the quiver, is to make sure they are straight, strong, and sharp. ![]() In the quiver, arrows are the archer’s responsibility. For the warrior – if you think about it – arrows don’t actually fulfil their purpose in the quiver, but rather when they are loosed from the bowstring and sent to their target. Nor is his task to just lug them around for no reason, snagging them on the furniture and getting frustrated with their nuisance-value. ![]() So let me ask you a warrior question: Of what purpose are your arrows? The work of the battle-archer is surely not to parade around showing off his collection of darts all polished in their case. In order to understand a warrior image, we have to think like a warrior. How does this brief snapshot of a warrior teach us about fatherhood? What is the similarity between children and arrows? Why is this image significant? If we’re not careful, the mind-picture can be easily glimpsed over and some of its deeper nuances can be missed. When they contend with their enemies in the gate. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth.īlessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. The last two verses of Psalm 127 speak of the blessings of fatherhood in terms that an archer would understand: Psalm 127 is one of the “Songs of Ascent,” which can be thought of as pilgrim songs for the road up to Jerusalem. The poetry of the psalms is compact and profound – they work like pictures for the mind and emotions and we know a picture is often worth a thousand words. Some have referred to it as ancient Israel’s hymnal. The Book of Psalms is a collection of songs and prayers. ![]()
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