Being far from perfect I often come before the Lord with those immortal Dick Emery words ‘I got it wrong again Dad!’ and of course he is always faithful to forgive. I’m hoping you too will forgive me as I totally forgot it was my turn to write the devotionals this week, therefore I’m going to re-run my Film Devotionals written in 2009 as they were some of my favourites. Hopefully, if your memory is anything like mine you won’t remember them!
Pretty Woman is the fairytale story of a Hollywood Hooker who meets her Knight in Shining Armour after a lifetime of liaisons with
I was challenged by the clip where Richard Gere gives Julia Roberts money to buy some pretty clothes, she walks into an expensive boutique in her ‘work clothes’ and the condescending staff refuse to serve her and leave her feeling humiliated. What if she had walked into church or our place of work? How would we respond? How would God respond? Thankfully God sees more than outward appearances!
In the story of Rahab: Joshua 2:1 “Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, “Go look over the land,” he said, “especially Jerico.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.”
I am sure you know this story, in return for hiding the spies Rahab and her entire household escape destruction, there are loads of gems in this great story, but what I love most is how God uses the most unlikely people – and a crimson cord!
Many would assume that Rahab, a pagan Canaanite prostitute would never be interested in God yet she was willing to risk evertying she had for a God she barely knew. We must not judge a person’s interest in God by his or her backgound, lifestye or appearance. Rahab had faith; she had the kind of faith that takes action and risks. She risked her life; she showed more faith in God than most of the Israelites did in the desert.
When it comes to dispensing love and grace, God can be downright promiscuous. In spite of her past, God was not disgusted by her, he knew her worth and God was not finished with her…… Rahab married Salmon, gave birth to a son, Boaz, who married Ruth, (there’s a story with a fairytale ending!) the great-grandmother of King David and we know where that lineage leads, that crimson cord is hanging as a sign of hope and salvation. How unexpected, Jesus Christ, the one who cleanses us from all sin had an ancestor who was a prostitute!
Lord, help us to see others through your eyes, Amen.
Dawn Milward
If you don’t know Rahab’s story it can be found here
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