Long ago in my college days I took a theater class where I earned my grade by attending plays and watching movies picked by my professor. At the time I had a boyfriend who wanted to be with me so much he attended these plays and movies with me. I've learned since I married that guy just how bad he hated the stuff we were watching!
However, we have referred to one movie in particular several times over the years, a Greek tragedy called Madea. The basic story is of an estranged couple and their two children. In the end Madea kills the two children because "she hated him (her husband) more than she loved her children". We left that showing feeling very disturbed and with the thought that we were glad it wasn't true!
How wrong we were. The most recent case is yesterday's horrific act of Josh Powell's of blowing up his house, killing himself and his two boys. Had he loved his sons as he claimed, he would have let them stay with the grandparents, but he hated them more than he loved his sons.
It has left me disturbed and troubled since I first heard about what happened.
I am speechless. I wish I had some wise words. People are saying that 'at least the boys are with their mother' but that is no consolation to those who have lost all three, and also makes it sound as if Josh did them a favor, but it was no favor.
It is a reminder to me to follow always the things I know to be true: read my scriptures, pray, stay close to the Lord, strive to keep the commandments, stay on the straight and narrow. Every choice is a starting point. I doubt Mr. Powell had this plan in mind for his life...choices made led to other choices and so on until yesterday, when he carried out a horrific choice.
So this year as I serve in Primary and we focus on teaching our kids to CTR {Choose The Right} I mean it. I am almost desperate to convey to them the blessings that are theirs when they do such a simple thing. As our little speaker in opening exercises pointed out, CTR is choose the right, and in the reverse RTC is Return to Christ. So simple, one choice at a time.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Madea
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2 comments:
Thank you for sharing this. I don't follow the news too well and didn't know about this story until your post. Such a sad, terrible thing! There is a lot of evil in this world, but a lot of good, too. I think working with Primary kids every week helps insulate me from all the bad stuff--they are so honest, caring, and trusting. Loved the CTR-RTC idea--going to have to steal that from the girl's talk!
I know, what a horrible story! I can't dwell on it too much or I start feeling depressed.
Although, you mentioning our collage days and the Medea play cheered my up quiet a bit. I had that class with you and I remember watching Medea. It really was awful! Those were the days.
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