Thor: A Lesson in Friendship

Thor: one of the best movies ever made, in my opinion. Love, adventure, drama... this movie has it all. It's entertaining and fairly clean. There are a few swear words and some violence, but this is one of my favorites. It's right up there with "Joyful Noise", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "October Baby" and "Captain America". The storyline is simple, easy to follow and fun. Not only in this story well made, but it has good morals as well.

Thor shows what true friendship is. Dictionary.com defines friendship as this:

1. the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person's friendship.

2. a friendly relation or intimacy.

3. friendly feeling or disposition.

What does the Bible say friendship is? After looking on Biblequestions.org, I found the following:
 
"Some general teaching about friendship. In the first place, the Bible says, "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly" (Prov. 18: 24). Some are too distant to form friendships. There is great value in friendship. "Two are better than one," wrote the wise man (Eccl. 4: 9). A true friend will stand by, even in times of trouble. "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity," the Bible says (Prov. 17: 17). To the converse, the Bible speaks of false friends when it warns, "Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint" (Prov. 25: 19). There are some people that are not desired to be friends. For instance, "Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go" (Prov. 22: 24). A true friend will tell us when we are wrong. Hear the Bible, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful" (Prov. 27: 6). Genuine friends must be cherished and not forsaken (Prov. 27: 10)."
 
While I knew these most of these verses, I found it very helpful to have them listed all together, as I hope you will, too. Being a friend also means sacrificing oneself for the another. John 15:13 says " Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." In the movie Thor Lady Syth and "The Warriors Three", as they introduce themselves to Thor's mortal friends, show true friendship. They risk it all to save their friend. Thor also risks his life for his friends in the end of the movie.
 
At the moment, it's quite late, so I'm going to continue my superhero posts tomorrow. Enjoy!