Spiderwebs in my popcorn

So I saw Spiderman 3 tonight. I liked it. I hear that the reviews have not been great, but what do you expect from a comic book remake?

Anyway, the first dream I remember ever having (i was 3-ish) consisted of me watching Spidey and the Incredible Hulk chase each other around a phone booth in which I was trapped. I don't know why that dream has stuck with me all those years, but it has. The important thing here is that the movie reminded me of the significance that superheroes have had in my life.



When I was a kid in California (Sacramento to be exact), I had a neighborhood friend that was a year younger than I, and if we weren't building spaceships with my enormous Lego collection, we were playing Batman and Robin, Superman and Lex Luthor, or some such superhero combination. Being the older, I was always the more desireable character, and my little friend couldn't do much about it.



Nevertheless, my superhero days ended somewhere, and I don't remember where I left them. Today, I still enjoy watching superhero movies, even though my imagination never quite overpowers my logical brain. I know that superpowers like flinging webs or shoting heat rays from your eyes don't generally happen.



My new superhero is Jesus. Ok so I am going to get a little Jesus Freak on you now, but the truth is, because of Jesus, I have found out that I do have superpowers. I may not be able to see through walls, but I have the power to heal sickness, move mountains, raise the dead and speak things that are not into existence. Of course, the real power flows from the Father, but He has handed them to me as His steward here on Earth. 

The tricky thing is that I have had a hard time keeping in touch with the imaginative portion of my brain that enabled me to crush evil in my youth as superman or batman. Now that I really have power, I am hesitant to step out and actually use it. I don't know if it is lack of imagination, the ever present self consciousness that comes with age and social self awareness, or if I just don't really believe fully in my powers. Maybe it is all three combined. 



But after seeing the third Spiderman, I realize that people everywhere love to see good triumph over evil. At least in America, good overcoming evil has become a huge and profitable industry. Of course, I am not interested in profit, but I am interested in people seeing that the fantasies on the silver screen are only shadows of the truth: we are all superheros stuck in the persona of Clark Kent, all we have to do is tap into the power that has been given to us. 

Of course this is no Earth shattering revelation, but Spiderman 3 awoke me from my childhood dream. Watch out Spidey and Hulk, I went in as Clark Kent, but I am coming out in a new suit.