And it has been yet another several months since I have last posted on this blog, well heres a "golden nugget" that I found surprisingly while watching a movie that 8 years ago I never would have been allowed to watch.
So this past Saturday after spending the night at one of my friends houses we decided to sit down and watch a movie, one of the other girls chose The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I've never before seen this movie, since my dad didn't like the gargoyles and gypsies(i believe)
I didn't think he would object to my watching it now so I sat down with everyone else and watched.
Well in one of the scenes of the movie Ezmeralda goes into the church and starts praying, she starts talking to God saying how she doesn't think she is worthy to come before him for she is an outcast and then upon seeing a statue of Mary asks and wonders if she was ever an outcast as well. I like this part mainly because I believe that God is calling the Outcasts, the ones different from everyone else who don't have love but just might be seeking it. As the song continues it shows the other people in the truth also praying, but their prayers are interesting because they are needs that are for one self---ie they want money, love etc etc. But Ezmeralda instead says that she isn't praying for her self but for her people the gypsies who are in trouble. This part really hit me hard, here was a movie I've never before been able to see and it has a reall golden nugget in it.
The nugget? It shows how unselfish she is, and how people seem to abuse prayer and pray for themselves instead of for others, and shouldn't we help? Isn't that not what we are called to do? I think that this is a valuable lesson most people over look or simply ignore. Myself, I want to start praying more for others rather than myself.
Well there's my two cents for the month! Just kidding, I hope not.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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