In 1984, many of you saw a movie that became a cultural icon of the 80's. But I didn't see it. In fact, the only movies I saw in those years, were likely on TV. No way would I have been seen buying a movie ticket or sitting in a theater.
It was against my religion. Kinda like in the movie Footloose, where dancing was outlawed.Honestly, I thought the men's fashion of the day, pink shirts and jazz oxford shoes, was sin and corruption creeping into the Church. Really. That's what I thought.
What is this? 27 years later? And now, I feel just fine watching that movie. But it was the first time I'd seen it. I just watched it with my Jilly.
The story was about religious oppression in a small town. After a fatal teenage car wreck, the town counsel, including the hell-fire and brim-stone preacher, outlawed dancing, among other things like alcohol. But, like me, the preacher was shown how wrong he was.
Compassion won.
In my teen years, I became rooted in doctrine that said that almost everything young people like to do is sin. The Bible does in fact teach against drunkenness, fornication, hatred and other things. My church took that to extremes like the preacher in Footloose.
I remember myself as a judgemental person. Too heavenly minded to be any earthly good. But I have changed.
Look up. God is more interested in seeing us live life to the fullest than he is in forbidding us from things we enjoy. That doesn't give us a free ticket to abandon prudence. But it should leave us spiritually Footloose.
God bless,
Dadofmykids.
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Look at that hottie! I love you!
You were first attracted to my bouffant hair-do, weren't you?
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