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just looking for a place to store all the things that bounce around in my brain and that sometimes escape to the airspace around me, which make my children stare at me and wonder if I'm ok...and since the kitchen's a mess, this blog will just have to do
What I Am
- Michelle
- Mom of four - a girl, 3 boys - I stay at home with all the noise. I need to clean, and probably should, but find other things that are just as good.
What's On the Kitchen Counter
- Brokenness, Surrender, Holiness, by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Who's Cleaning My Kitchen
Get Ready to Clean
- Isaiah 49
- clip your fingernails
- hospitality
Keep in mind I don't own ANY of these types of movies or books, but I do enjoy a good drama once in a while.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with the "lies" this woman claims that the Austin-type stories are "selling" to women. I don't ever see marriage being portrayed as the end-all, be-all of life, in fact the opposite is usually portrayed - that marriage is difficult, people often enter it with wrong motives and end up dissappointed. The "dream men" typically aren't the rich and set-up men. They are usually down on their luck somehow but usually have some inherent integrity of character that makes them attractive and, often, conflicted. Their faults and mistakes are usually right out front and contribute to the "drama" of why the relationships are so difficult with everyone in the storyline!
For me, one of the highlights of these stories is that, eventually the main characters are confronted by their flawed (read:sinful) approach to "securing" a husband/wife and they finally find peace. The joy of the untangling (read: redemption) of the relationship that ends in marriage in these stories is so enjoyable for me partly because I have seen God work this way in my own life. When we stop chasing what we want in all the wrong ways, if your hope is in God, you are finally able to see clearly what He has provided and can rest in Him.
I think that a lot, certainly not all, of these love stories do a good job of revealing the dangers of misplaced and foolish affections and call women and men to examine more closely their motives and manner in relationships with the opposite sex.
Just my take...
So, I took a way-too-long nap yesterday and was planning on watching a nice "chick flick" after the baseball game last night (never happened because of all the extra innings!!)... and so was conflicted after reading the article you posted. While reading it, I could see where she was coming from and identify/remember some of the movies I've seen that fit her bill.
ReplyDeleteBut as I looked through my collection trying to pick one to watch, I noticed how many of them are more like what Rebecca is describing... full-of-herself girl is humbled when she realizes the integrity of socially awkward guy... success-seeking wife and abdicating husband eventually reunite after learning to get over themselves and their wrong assumptions about each other... and so on...
So I appreciate the "warnings" to watch for in romances, especially for one who is already tempted to fantasize about future marital perfection (as I certainly was as a teenager!), but I also think the article overstates the dangers of drama. There are redemptive stories to be found, enjoyed, and pondered :) Oh, and passed along to your friends!
All I have to say is, "Oh please!" (with an eye roll mixed in there somewhere).
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