I'm not too into animated films, but being a parent with small kids, I have to endure these kinds of movies all the time. This movie really grabbed my attention as I watched it one night with my boys. It's about a super-villain named "Gru" who operates out of his suburban home that serves as a front for an underground lair where he, his partner, Dr. Nefario, and thousands of short yellow minions plan their wicked deeds. Gru doesn’t care about anything or anyone but himself and his ambition to be the greatest super-villain.
When Gru learns that another super-villain has stolen the Great Pyramid of Giza, his pride is injured, and he plans an even greater heist, stealing the Earth's moon, a plan he has had since childhood but discouraged by his mother who really never believed in him. Gru is able to steal a shrink ray from a classified East Asia facility, but it is stolen from him moments later by Vector, a nerdy super-villain who is responsible for the Pyramid theft. Gru devises a scheme to use three orphan girls to take in robotic cookies that can be used to disable the lair's defenses and allow him to steal the shrink ray.
He adopts the three girls from the local orphanage. These three orphan girls (Margo, Edith, and Agnes) do not mimic Gru’s despicable behaviors. It is their pureness of heart and unconditional love that changes Gru instead of his lifestyle changing them for the worse. The glimpses back into his childhood show a little boy who just wanted to be loved and accepted by his mother. He never had a chance since she also was callous and evil. Over a period of time, the unconditional love, begins to soften his callous heart. Gru begins to experience love for the very first time.
All of us are guilty of leading a despicable life. Romans 3:23 tells us that "All of us have sinned and fall short of God's glory." We are all despicable in the eyes of God. We are all guilty of doing despicable things. But even our despicable lives and despicable deeds could not stop God from loving us. There is nothing that can stop God from loving despicable me. Romans 5:8 tells us that "While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." You see, while you and I were despicable, doing despicable things, God chose to love us and die for us. He didn't wait for us to do good before He loved us. He loved us before we even loved Him.
You might be living a despicable life. You might be living indifferent towards God in an area of our life. Let me tell you today that God did not send His Son into the world to condemn you, but to save you. He loves you so much. Often when we think of God loving us we think of God loving the good in us. No, He didn’t send His Son into the world to die for good people. He sent Him to die for sinners, like you and I. Religious people are quick to judge the sins of others, and not see their own sins. Religious people love to point out the faults in other. In our own self-righteous ways, they justify their own sinful actions, and behaviors simply because of their religion. They fail to remember that they themselves were despicable in the eyes of God.
God’s love is a love that is not deserved. It is not something that is earned. There is nothing greater than being loved unconditionally by someone who has every reason to despise us. God had every reason to despise despicable me, but instead, he chose to love me. It was that love which transformed me. It is that love that can transform you.
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