On Loving Our Celebrities...

I have read a blog entitled: "Celebrities Need Love Too" by Justin Bedeviant, he was discussing about sending a twitter message to a celebrity, Katy Perry and how she was loved and cared for by God which is really an awesome thought to ponder. His idea is something new and somewhat encouraging especially for most of us who are totally exposed to the world of entertainment, I myself am a fan of The Avengers, and I grow interest not only in the movies but also in some of the personalities of this amazing film, however, on the other hand, as a Christian, I think it’s not enough to just admire them, or PM them in facebook or follow them on twitter, I do think that we have the responsibility to support and lift them up in prayer.

I have visited sites and pages dedicated to some of these amazing actors, and the comments the fans gave would really blow you away! One of the comments that I have read says, “Get me pregnant…!” which is really a WOW for me, not a wow of excitement but a wow of disbelief! What can I say?! This may not be offensive to the actors (I don’t know, I keep thinking…hmmm!) but is there anything better that we could say to these celebrities other than that?

Justin’s blog is really something, because it is true, that celebrities need love too, not that kind of passionate love or erotic love that you would fantasize them in bed, they need the love that we Christians can give, it is the kind of love that Jesus have for the lost soul, for the sinners like you and me who have been forgiven by His grace, they need the love of people who will pray for them, that somehow they will hear the Gospel of Christ that would give them salvation, this kind of love will not only support their movies but will tried hard in order to send these celebrities messages telling them how God loves them even if your messages seem nothing to them.

It is true that there are lost souls in the mission field like in the poorest places in the world, or in communist countries where obedience and love for God is forbidden: these are mostly the object of our prayers for salvation, and there’s nothing wrong with that, as a matter of fact, we really need to extend more help to these unfortunate ones, however, that doesn’t mean that the rich and famous celebrities are fortunate and need no divine intervention from us Christians, we also need to do something for them, imagine if these celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Beyonce, Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and other famous artists would be a Christian, what impact they could make to the whole world! God said in His words found in Isaiah 59:1, “Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.” Our awesome God is mighty to save, He can and will save!

God did answered our prayers for Congressman and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, and look how tremendously God changed and is using his life! So let’s include our celebrities in our prayer life, they needed it badly, surely you don’t want to see them die and perish in hell, after all distance and gap doesn’t matter to God what He needs is a willing heart to believe and do something. Just few more insights, in 2^nd Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

The next time you post a comment to any of your favorite stars, write something that is life-changing and inspiring, you’ll never know, maybe God would speak to them through your message. How exciting that can be?!