Hello, everyone... it's about 12:30 am now... I just finished watching the very old version (1936) of SHOW BOAT... in two parts. Today was a YouTube and search result movie day. I'm not sure how I ended up with the old version. I really LOVE the 1951 movie version of the song OLD MAN RIVER and tried to find a way to listen to it. Now I have it saved at my YouTube space so I can listen any time I want.
Old movies really are different from what is made today. I suppose they were considered too revealing in their time... but it's a big change to watch singing and dancing and stories and then today's idea of "progress" is to watch people having sex, swearing, hurting each other, and more.
This week I watched a replay of a talk about MORALITY. It is a forgotten concept in our time. We don't fully understand what this means to our society, our laws, our relationships. I see it online, but if you don't have moral boundaries, what do you base your decisions on? Right. Nothing... "Just Do It"... If it feels good, it must be good... and other phrases like these.
I remember when I was a teen in the 1960's - during the "sexual revolution" and Woodstock and bra burning... and women's lib. We don't see the consequence of these changes until it's too late.
I have had the thought that "reality shows" are just the newest version of breaking down the values that protect us. I don't watch them... don't want to. I remember checking on some shows a long while back and thinking it's just a way to "watch" people, push them into bad places, and see how far they will go.
In watching the old version of Show Boat there was a scene with "black face" and I wondered if there would be an uprising to rid the world of this old movie... like taking down historical statues because you disagree with the times that they represented.
Our world is really in trouble... we can't respect our history. It is important to remember what the past was like so you can make a better future.
I didn't like my past, but I can't change what it was. I can change the parts I didn't like, make new decisions, learn how to do things I didn't know about back then, and work toward better results.
This is the essence of Christ's forgiveness. It doesn't erase the past, it helps you to overcome the habits and choices you had so you can build a new future. I think I have shared before my idea that Christ erases our criminal record, but the results of our sin and bad choices don't go away, we still have to deal with them.
How to keep from making bad choices... in a world with little ability to engage with it and not have it forced on you somehow. I might watch a G-rated movie but the ads that go with it are more like porn. It's something I am trying to find answers for these days.
Right now, I am torn between wanting to buy copies of all these old movies I love, that aren't explicit, rated R, filled with things I don't want to see or hear, and realizing I won't be here much longer so I guess just watching replays is enough.
I think I will be happy just to be able to listen to OLD MAN RIVER when I want to.
How do we survive with our morals intact in this time in history? What do you do to be at peace with GOD in the midst of things you cannot control?
Let me know.
In Christ,
Deborah Martin
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PS... I updated the website a bit, on the homepage. I am getting it ready for the DECEMBER Membership Drive... the Membership info and links will be done by December, GOD willing. :-) Who knows WHAT the rest of the year will hold!
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