It's so sad out there...

Last night we watched a movie by Hallmark (my ancestors started that; and I'm not kidding!) called The magic of ordinary days. It was about a young single woman who becomes pregnet during the 40's. Now, back then having a sexual relationship outside of marriage was not normal (unlike today) and her family was ashamed of her and sent her to be married to a farmer in Colorado. Of course at first she deals with the hurt of being betrayed by the man who she looked to for comfort and also by making that horrible "mistake", but then comes to love her new stranger husband and the rest is history! A nice love story for all you romantics like me, along with a touch of faith in God. We all quite enjoyed it and the acting was pretty good. But me... alas, I will never learn. I get so pumped up about these movies and the actors... and being the internet freak I am I get online and (remembering that a picture is worth a thousand words) I type in the actors names under google images. Bingo! Up comes a whole page of photos defining the actors character by the way they dress, who they are with... etc. Many times have I done these searches on actors whose roles I admired in movies and been disappointed and definitely NOT encouraged to glorify God through my youth at the photos I see. Often the actors are seen in sensual poses... with "sexy" looking men and women... yes, a picture is worth a thousand words. I know that a lot of these actors are looked up to by teenagers such as myself... kind of as role models. This is one of the reasons I cannot have posters of Orlando Bloom, Matt Daemon, etc. hanging on my wall. How can I, as a Christian and follower of Christ, admire these people who are so unlike in the movies I watch and are actually total fakes in their personal lives, AND are images of everything I stand against... how can I have them as role models in my life? As encouragement to fulfill my dreams and hopes when I was given them to glorify the Lord? I can't. So for now, I will just have to 1; remember the actors as they are in the movies 2; not search on the internet for pics. or articles that would otherwise distract me from keeping my mind on what would please the Lord 3; search for real, true, wholesome and encouraging role models outside of Hollywood. *sigh.* We do need more Christian actors... I can just picture it now; Jennifer D.; ballerina, actress, singer, missionary, violin player... I like that! :)

Jennifer