Redemption of Ant-man

   Years ago a movie called Ant-man came out. There is a man named Scott Lang in the movie. He just got out of jail. He was in jail because he stole money from the company he worked for. He was looking for a real job to reset his life. Once he earned a certain amount of money his wife would let him see his daughter. Scott has trouble finding a job because of his criminal past. He lies about who he is in order to get a job but is found out and gets fired. He has a friend who also has a criminal past. This friend tells him about a job where he could get easy money by stealing something that was in a safe at an older man's home. At first, Scott says no. But, eventually Scott gives in to temptation. Scott goes in the house where his friend said there is a huge safe. After much work, he cracks the safe. In the safe and all that is there is a suit. This leads him on a journey that he wasn't expecting. He has a choice he can continue to live life as a criminal, or he can become a hero and help others.
   What I find interesting about this story is it is a story of redemption. Scott messed up because he tried to right a wrong by stealing money from the company he worked for, since they were stealing from others. He wanted to stop being a criminal and start a new life. He wanted to be a hero to his daughter. Scott chose to go down the right path and became a hero. He could have easily gone back to being a criminal, it was what everyone was expecting. But, he chose the harder path. He worked hard to become a hero and made a difference in many people's lives.
   What about you? We all have hard choices. Maybe you think you are making the right choice because it's the easy one. The right path is not always the easiest. Many times the right path takes you down a hard road, but it's also worth it in the end. Do you have hard choices to make now? Will you choose to do the right thing even if it's hard?

   Ephesians 1:7, Galatians 2:20, James 4:17

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