Black Hawk Down

[Eversmann (Josh Hartnett) and Hoot (Eric Bana) have just come back from Mogadishu, Somali to base having been pinned down in the field for over a day.]

First thank you for all those who have served in our military.  Thank you for the sacrifice, and those that are made by your family. 

After having experienced real horrible things out there Hoot decides to go back out.  Why?  The simple answer that he gives is the men beside you.  This is the point of our faith, this is why we do what we do, because of a Presence.  It is because when we look at the person in the gutter, or sitting on the side of building, or somebody suffering from depression, or loneliness we seem somebody like us.  We notice that person needs saving, and if we are in the position to offer something it is our obligation to do something.  Life is about looking at our fellow man and being moved with compassion for him, since we have been cared for by Him. 

It is the fact that we are loved first that motivates us to follow Him.  The amazing thing that a lot of people forget is that the times that we are most moved in our faith it is usually at the hands of a person, or somebody being the instrument through which God reaches down and plays this beautiful music to us reminding us that their is hope, and that life has meaning.  That is why I love that this clip ends with hope: Hoot reminds Eversmann that it is a new week.  Hoot is alive and ready to embrace that life that is new everyday and that we are given this day for a purpose.