I remember when there were pine
trees there as far as you could see. I
also remember when there was no road and just a dirt path through the woods.
Now it’s a movie-studio-university
where people graduate to work on major motion pictures. And my son, Tom, wants
to go there to become a movie director. He just got discharged from the Army
and his dream has always been to write movie scripts. So he looked on-line to
find a good film school and he checked out Full Sail. We had heard of it
because my sister had worked there years ago.
We then decided to schedule a
tour on a quiet Sunday in October. It was a behind-the-scenes kind of tour.
Full Sail used to be a small
place on University Blvd which turns into Scarlet road just across from Semoran
Blvd. Semoran is the major north south artery of this part of Orlando and
University runs east towards the University of Central Florida. But it has grown now. When we got off the
Central Florida Expressway, we started looking for it.
“That’s where I used to live when
I was little!” I told my son. “Banchory road is right there.” I pointed to it
and then I turned my head and couldn’t believe my eyes. Full Sail was right
across the street! It had taken over the whole corner and what used to be a
shopping center. It has 17,000 full time students now.
“All films are based on
storytelling.” Our tour guide said as he walked us through the various
buildings that contained the Full Sail studios. Sometimes, I thought to myself,
it starts with a screenplay or even a book.
But after four hours of
information, touring the campus and viewing videos I couldn’t help sensing the
futility of chasing our dreams without the pursuit of God. How sad that seemed
and how empty; how unfulfilling and deceiving. Yes after looking at all of it, seeing the
cameras, the lights and the music, I couldn’t help but realize that modern man
has led himself far down the road to destruction. He now worships himself over anything else.
Our technology seems to be pulling us away from God instead f towards Him. Is
it good or evil? Perhaps it’s a neutral phenomenon that can be used in a good
or evil way. Without God it is void of any moral or spiritual hope.
Christ alone can fully give you a full life
and a full cup of joy. Everything else will end in bitter disappointment. And
my son is headed into this tempest. He starts classes next month. I pray he turns to God and I hope he finds
the truth which is only in Jesus Christ and his Word. No amount of movies can
substitute for that…
Jesus said:
“These things I have spoken unto
you that my joy may remain in you and that your joy may be full.” (John 15:11)
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