Facing the Giants

Clinging to a Hope

The phrase “clinging to a hope” which I chose as a title for the essay is found on the part where the coach’s wife said that she is still clinging to a hope that they will have children and that things will be right. And in the end of the movie, their dreams have been recognized because they did the right things and they applied the words of God.

Joshua 10:25 of the bible says “Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight."” Just like in the movie, the giants where the state champions for three consecutive years but hope and faith in God has made a way to transform a team that nearly didn’t win at all to a team that won the state championship.

        Hope is a word that is very important in everyone’s life. It is because of hope that we have the power to live another day even we are dying deep inside, to do things that we think is right even when it hurts just for the sake of others because we know that one day, our sacrifices will be heard by God and He will reward it with something. And we keep doing these things because we keep on believing about God and His kindness.

        In my life, I nearly gave up too many times because I don’t have faith in myself. I always think that before I even engage in something I will always fail. But what the movie said, failure is just a part of it all. It made me realize that everything now is just a beginning. The future may not be a hundred percent bright but I know that it is us who will create our future.

        This world is way more chaotic than how I used to look at it when I was younger. Back then I thought that peace is already achieved but this was changed when I started studying history and after I have read in the internet that of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history. At least 108 million people were killed in wars in the twentieth century. I once thought that the elders, the leaders, the politicians, the youth, and everyone older than me know what they are doing. I used to tell myself that as long as what we are doing is good, nothing will happen to us. But now, I’m very confident that that it isn’t real.