Stuck!

Another lesson from yet another movie...

It seems that I'm learning a lot from movies these days. It's not so much that I'm learning it, most of it I'm aware of but the movies make me think about it more. 

Today's lesson came while I was watching Moulin Rouge. I watch a lot of movies with singing in them! 

The first thing that caught my attention was a line that Harold Zidler says to Satine. "We're creatures of the underworld. We cant afford to love." The truth is everyone can afford to love, but these people had taken on a belief that they couldn't, that they had to continue the same way they always had because there was no other alternative. It couldn't be further from the truth. There is always an alternative. 

It made me think about our own lives. How often do we find ourselves walking down a path because we think there is no other way to go? How often do we give up on dreams because we think they are impossible? I'm sure we've all done it, I know I have. But when we do this, we are putting limitations on God. So many of us take on a belief that cannot change who we are, we believe the devils lies when he tells us we're useless and then go about living the same life that God never meant for us to live. I was once stuck in this position. I had taken on the belief that I was meant to be a "nothing". I didn't believe that I could get past things I'd done, I didn't think I could get through tough times, I thought I'd be stuck in a hole for the rest of my life unable to dig myself out. In my head I believed that I had taken myself down a road, and I was beginning to call myself horrible names  that I would never dream of calling anyone else but myself. But I believed that's who I was, and I believed that's what was to become of me. Nothing more that a disgusting excuse for a woman.

The other line that really stood out to me was when Satine was talking to Christian. She said "You can leave anytime you choose. This is my home." Satine had taken on what Harold had told her, she didn't see any way out. This "home" that she spoke of is all she knew. She didn't know anything else so how was she going to escape it? In my situation I got to the stage where I saw no light, I saw no love, I saw nothing but disgusted faces in my future, I had given up hope on all that is good. In my mind I believed I was "home" and even though I didn't like it, I felt like it was all I knew, I didn't know how to change it, and I didn't think I could. I was stuck and it didn't matter how much I didn't want to be there, I saw no way out. 

 

It's hard to come back from something like that when you live like that for a while. The more you believe something, and the longer you believe it, the harder it is to let go of it. But I found that God has helped me through all that I've done and he has shown me that there is another alternative, a much better alternative and He is painting that path for me. When I think of myself now, I don't think of those same horrible names, I used to think. I think of myself as God sees me... a beautiful and pure daughter of God.

"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)

Jesus came so that we may be set free, we can't do it ourselves. When we feel trapped in a hole, Jesus takes the shovel and digs the way out for us to follow and places us on the right path. He can show us how to live differently, He can show us life that we didn't think was possible. 

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1)

When we have Jesus and we have found that way out, we then need to stand firm with Him. When Satan gets a hold of us, he chains us up and binds us to the life we do not like, so when we have been set free we need to stand firm in His freedom and know that His way leads to life. We need to hold on to the new life we have been given and not give in to Satan's lies again, for that is all they are... Lies! Choose to believe the truth, don't let yourself think that you are stuck in a position that you can't get out of, there is always an alternative, we just need to ask Jesus to help us find it. 

Thankful for: Fun

Fun is something we all need in our lives. We need to be able to balance the seriousness with a little bit of fun. There's not a lot to say about it, all you have to do is think about how life would be with out fun and you'd soon be thankful for it too!