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From
Razzie to Oscar The
two awards are designed to identify the best of the
best and the worst of the worst.
According to Wikipedia…
Recently,
Sandra Bullock won an Oscar AND
a Razzie! On
Sunday, March 8, Sandra Bullock won an Oscar as best
actress for her role in the movie "The
Blind Side." She was awarded the Oscar
for her portrayal as “a gritty, determined mom from
the However, on Saturday, March 7 -- the night before the Oscars -- Bullock personally accepted the Razzie Award for worst actress for her performance in another movie: “All About Steve.” Asked about being the only person in history to win an Oscar and Razzie in the same year, Bullock said, "You take the good with the not so good." She joked about where the two statuettes would go on her mantle. "They'll sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower," she said laughing. I’m sure we all believe we have our own “Oscar-Winning” performances – not in portraying a part, but in actually living our lives. And, if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll also have to admit that we deserve several Razzie Awards, for each of us has made (and will continue to make) many mistakes. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). The
Good News (the Gospel) is that although we deserve far
worse than Razzie Awards, God wants to give us
something far
greater than an Oscar – not because of our
own merits, but because of His Son, JESUS!
God loves us so much that He gave His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, so that we might have forgiveness and life in Him (Ephesians 1:7). Through
Jesus, each of us may have forgiveness and life when
we: place our faith
and trust in Jesus (Acts
16:30-31), turn from sin in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are
baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the
forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Because
of Jesus, you and I can be forgiven of our
“razzie” (sinful) performances and one day receive
something far better than an Oscar: A Crown of
Life! (James 1:12). Won’t
YOU
accept His offer on His terms?
David
A. Sargent, Minister Church
of Christ at Creekwood For information on ministries collecting funds to help in Haiti, click this link: http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2158985 Issie Lapowsky of The New York Daily News – www.nydailynews.com Neal
Pollard: “An Oscar and a Razzie.”
Daily
Bread (3/8/10).
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