“I’m not sure that this is just “a book about kids killing kids.” I know that many commentators have made that suggestion and I even had someone describe it that way to me. There are things much deeper going on here.” – Walt Mueller –
If you haven’t heard about the Hunger Games Phenomenon then you have to be under a rock. The Hunger Games are everywhere and it seems everyday I find someone new that is reading the books, or I should say “inhaling the books.” The Hunger Games trilogy is a very gripping, suspenseful story and one that you will find yourself idenitfying with.
I like Walt Mueller’s statement about the story. It’s not just a story about kids killing kids. It’s not even really about the Hunger Games. There is a lot of brokenness, sin, and desperation for hope in this story. Which is why the underdog character of Katniss is someone that you find yourself cheering for and even defending at times.
I’ve read the books and I loved them. My sister and I read them this past christmas and it was really to do this with someone in my family because we had an ongoing conversation like that kinda went like this:
“Did you just read what just happened!?”
“No! Shut up I am not where you are!”
It wasn’t always like that, but the gripping story really reels you in and you really do become a part of it, but we can relate to katniss, prim, peeta, haymitch, and even gale sometimes. These characters in this story show us a personality that we see in our world today. Throughout all these characters there is this desperation for hope.
Praise God that you know that story of hope!
It’s in 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
“The love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: one died for the sake of all; therefore, all died. He died for the sake of all so that those who are alive should live not for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised.”
I like the way this verse is listed on Bishop Mike Lowry’s blog: The Focused Center
“Our Firm Decision is to work from this Focused Center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.”
The state of the nation of Panem in the Hunger Games story is a state that which they experience because they have tried to live life on their own, and when we live our lives on our own we sometimes don’t realize the severity of our decisions. Their decisions brought them to having a leader the forces children to kill other children and if they don’t then they will be killed.
This is why our firm decision is work always from the focused center that one man died for all, so that all may have life. This is not just any life. It is a resurrection life. A far better life than we could EVER live on OUR OWN.
Father God,
Help us always to work from this focus. That your son died for our sins so that we may have a true new life in you. Thank you so much Father for your love, your grace, and your peace. Help us always to share this focus with others and to remember that everyone is included in this focus center. In your sons holy and precious name we pray.
Amen