Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Weird!!!!

Ok. So a strange thing happened during the weekend, and I don't know how to explain it. But I'll just tell you guys what happened. =D

Ok. So I was watching the Australian Open (tennis) on Sunday, but the announcers were just chatting like mad and weren't showing me the matches. I got a bit annoyed, so I decided to surf through some channels, and came across the movie "A Cinderella Story" (my mom watched it with me too lol). But I started from the middle of the movie, so when I finished seeing the movie, I watched the rerun right after it all over again just to understand the story. Right after I finished, I thought to myself, "Oh wow. Selena Gomez is pretty". T_T

After coming across this sudden emotion, I decided to research stuff about her. I found out certain things such as her birthday, job, and whatever. But the most interesting thing to me was the fact that she was a Christian, and to live it out, she proves it by wearing a purity ring that would represent her willingness to abstain from sex until marriage. I was like that's pretty cool.

And then suddenly, I remembered a story in the Bible, where Jesus Christ was being followed by a huge crowd which wanted to make Him king. But instead of going with the crowd and taking all the glory and praise from men, He humbled himself, and withdrew himself from the crowd. So I asked myself, "How do 'Christian' celebrities really live their life for Christ, if we as Christians are to imitate Him? Just showing committment to purity really isn't enough for Christ... right? How do they do this: (Matthew 28:19-20)" I was unable to answer the question. Maybe you guys can?

But anyways, my curiosity took over, and I decided that I should talk to her myself, and even be an encouraging brother to her (lol). I laugh because this sounds ridiculous from an objective point of view. She actually gave away her number to her fans (I think it's like a phone specifically for fans or something; I don't see why she would give away her number). But anyways, I left her a message. I think that's the best I can do.

I honestly feel stupid, yet willing to do this. For some reason, I just want to talk to her ONCE. lol. This is sounding really stupid to me as I am writing this blog. The thing is, there's like a one out of a billion chance she would ever bother to respond to my messages, so I know it's really not worth it. But then again I look at that possibility, if given the chance. I think it'll be amazing just to see a Christian celebrity's point of view on life, particularly his or hers. Maybe I can just be a brother in Christ for her. Man I don't know. I just felt like ranting.

Anyways, I know this is like a celebrity craze phase that people always have about a particular celebrity. But at the same time, I have a purpose. Maybe I should think more like this for everyone else in the world. Yea. That's a good idea.

*Edit*
Ok. I came to my senses. This is insanely stupid, and seems impossible and without purpose. I'm in my world; she's in hers. And that's as simple as it gets. But still that question looms over me, and I wonder if I'll ever find a definitive testimony of a Christian celebrity living out his or her life for Christ, even if it's not from Selena Gomez lol. Shouldn't we pray for our brothers and sisters in the Hollywood business? Hm. I think that's the best thing we can do. And I'll just leave it at that.

P.S: How long does it take for a celebrity craze to completely vanish, and is there a useful strategy? lol. I heard many different answers, so I guess it varies?

1/24/09
Oh my gosh. I thought I got a message from Selena Gomez, but it wasn't. T_T So much for that. False opportunity. =[

8 comments:

Jaeyoung said...

hey man.

Your last paragraph is quite interesting. It's really amazing how God sends us the most exotic experiences to teach us something really basic, yet we often overlook. It's really interesting thinking everyone is a celebrity, which they are in a sense, well at least in God's eyes, everyone is a celebrity.
continue praying about it! maybe you'll actually get to talk to her!

F R A N C E S said...

i don't think it's stupid :)

Polly said...

hahaha paul that is the most awesome thing ever. it's really great to know there are celebrities out there that are standing up for Christ..

Justin Kim said...

between celebrity and God. thats for you to find out ;].

Jason said...

uh... alittle lost. but ok. well uh...glad to see you've got a heart for everyone, most people think of third world countries never really thought about hollywood... uh interesting. well celebrity craze huh. thats just comes with getting urself into the culture. america today runs on idols uh yea peace

jonathan lee said...

Interesting blog to say the least lol.


To tell you the truth, celebrities displaying their faith is something thats such a fine line. I wanna show you a couple clips of people but thats kind of hard. The way i see is that God puts people in specific places so they can use their fame to make God's fame even greater. When actors at award shows say, i thank God i know many times people say it to say it, but celebrity can be really used in such a vital way. If you wanna keep chewing on this, look up fedor emelianko. lol ill show you a clip on him sometime and then you can decide if you think he's a true believer or not.

Poonie said...

yeah man, definitely

i feel that they're just christians whose jobs happen to be actors. but these jobs place them on a high pedestal in life that many ppl watch and scrutinize.

it's a hard job to have and sometimes they can get caught in it. but i think that it should definitely be our job to pray for them that they will stay strong in their faith and hopefully be models for their fans. Hopefully, they might even lead others to Christ.

and yeah, she is pretty, she's only one year younger than us too. haha

kodnha said...

haha
society makes it seem real impossible to be a christian and celebrity at the same time ... but truly it all comes down to the individual to decide whether to live out a life for Christ or not :)