I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory recently. I've always been a big fan of Tim Burton movies, and loved the original version of this film as a kid. The movie was incredible, and I was blown away by the visual effects, and Johnny Depp's charcater development and on screen personality.
I was reading an interview with Depp last night on CNN. Overall, it was interesting to read what he had to say - but the best answer came at the end of the interview, after Depp had just finished talking about his wife and children. He was asked, Is marriage an option? What does it mean to you? And his answer is quite revealing:
Marriage can be whatever you define it as. For example, I don't feel like i need a piece off paper that says I own her and she owns me. I think signing a piece of paper doesn't mean anything in the eyes of God or in the eyes of people. The thing is, if you are together and you love each other and are good to each other, make babies and all that, for all intents and purposes you are married.
Now, before we throw any stones - his answer gave me a lot of insight into a fairly common view in our culture. While I completely disagree with his statement, instead of being negative, I think our desire should be to help people unlock the greater promise of marriage the way God designed it.
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"I think signing a piece of paper doesn't mean anything in the eyes of God or in the eyes of people." I do agree with that part tho. I have always thought that a marriage license isn't important unless you want to be married for the sake of taxes. It's being married in God's eyes that really matters.
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