AWFUL MEN LOVEtt

So Johnny Depp is my favorite actor, and Sweeney Todd is the first play I ever remember going to in my life, at the Follies in Virginia City, Montana.   I had lost my first tooth, which means I was around 7.  Yeah, I know, my mom was slightly gothic too.

So, of course this is where Fandango and I meet for advance tickets.

So, aside from all the criticisms and gothicism and icky isms we can banter, I am totally thinking of Wendy’s posts as I watched the character of Mrs. Lovett unfold, namely,

“…the temptation will be to meditate on your loneliness and become fixated on the circumstances surrounding your singleness.  You need to be distracted from that self-centered mental path.”

Uh, you go girl.  Just spelled it out for the character of Mrs. Lovett, brilliantly portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter.  See her face above?  Captured.  Completely “fixated” “distracted” and on a “self-centered mental path”, because she is lonely, and follows Sweeney Todd into his evil spirals.   Mrs. Lovett has a good heart, but becomes an accomplice to heinous acts, all in the name of loneliness. 

Dear, sweet, precious, innocent, lonely young (and seasoned) single women who love Jesus:  Take note:

Loneliness that is not submitted to Jesus can be a gateway for the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.  You may be astounded at the compromises you make.  You will be heartbroken.  You will feel numb.  You can live years in feigned happiness while satan weaves an unsuspecting web, culminating in sticky, unprecedented agonies while trying to escape. 

Men who don’t love Jesus are just Sweeney Todds in the end. 

And, just like the final act in the play and movie, you play with fire, you get burnt.   Attested.  Please listen to us.  Review the posts, starting with In the Waiting, and think about this:

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”  Luke 5:16

“God sets the lonely in families {churches and community groups?} , He leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.”  Psalm 68:6

“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.”  Psalm 25:16

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  Joshua 1:5 / Hebrews 13:5

Oh, so much better to be “alone” (as if you can be with Jesus) than in bad company, my friends.