There are some days when it would really pay off to have her courage.
Anyone who knows me well knows this movie is dear to my heart. (Excuse the Harlequin-esque nature of the poster.) I don't remember the first time I saw it, and my childhood is riddled with memories of watching famous scene after famous scene with my mom in our living room. I was raised on this movie. Along with "The Phantom of the Opera," I have had a longer relationship with "Gone With the Wind" than I have with Christianity. (Don't worry; Jesus is still #1.)
I read the book for the first time in high school and fell in love with it. After years of it sitting on the shelf, I decided to reread it, probably thanks to a certain MOB staff member whose accent makes me miss the familiar lines spoken around the fields of Tara. I am about half-way through and, I have to say, it is better than I remember. The glory of the old South makes me wish my roots ran deep in the red clay of Civil War history rather than being of English decent and, as a writer by heart, Mitchell is awe-inspiring. Scarlett O'Hara might just be the best depiction of character development I have ever read and the photo represents my favorite phase of Scarlett's transformation. As much as I love the movie, it does her NO justice during this part of her journey. She is propelled purely by courage and an unbridled spirit. The obstacles she overcomes are, for a person of her stature, incomprehensible. She is one of, if not the, strongest female literary figure ever crafted by an American author. I challenge you to find a rival.
The tragedy is she isn't real. As well as I know the story and can recite the lines and anticipate what is coming up next in the novel, it is completely fabricated. Imaginary. Her strength and determination do not exist. And yes, that pains me a little to admit.
While I am picking my way through "Gone With the Wind," I've slowly been working my way through another well-known book. This past summer was a rough one and I spent a great deal of quality time with God. One of the things He revealed to me is that I cannot claim to love Him if I do not know Him. So I began reading through the Bible, in its entirety, for the first time. While there are many things I do not understand about why certain things were kept in the Bible, I am blown away by the faith of the people of the Old Testament. Their faith in adversity, periods of silences from God, trust in the midst of seemingly ridiculous commands and requests is incredible and almost too much to grasp. While it may not be as easy a read, they make Scarlett look weak. It makes me realize how sorry I can be for myself and how complaining has no right to be my first reaction to any circumstance. God is a far more complex being than I gave Him credit for and I'm amazed I have lived all these years without bothering to discover this sooner. Shame on me.
What gives me encouragement is this: While I can only wish I had the strength of Scarlett O'Hara, I can pray for faith of God's people. I think reality is the better end of the deal in this case.
7 comments:
Scarlett O'Hara while she had strength beyond measure to keep pushing forward, and while she is the center fold of my favorite book/movie that I first read when I was around 12 years old....Your right she is still fiction, and in the end she overlooked LOVE, and truth for her own selfish motives....Thank goodness we have Jesus to help us not become lost like Scarlett =)
ditto! :)
The Bible will give you all the truth, and real life you can imagine
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