My eyes caught the statement made by
this great icon Marylin Murnoe who said “I feel my whole life has been one big
rejection”. Did she mean she was a big failure, bankrupt or My eyes caught the
statement made by the great icon, Marylin Murnoe “I feel my whole
life has been one big rejection”. Did she mean she was a big
failure, bankrupt or struggled to make it to the top? Before trying to find
out, let me give you the detail about who she was especially for people who are
not familiar with her.
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma
Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress,
singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell"
characters. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the
1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual
revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed
$200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her
death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon
of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked
her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the
Golden Age of Hollywood. (Wikipedia)
´She struggled with addiction
and mood disorders. Her marriages to retired baseball star Joe
DiMaggio and to playwright Arthur Miller were highly publicized
but ended in divorce. On August 4, 1962, she died at age 36 from an overdose of barbiturates
(drug used to treat multiple issues) at her Los Angeles home. Her death
was ruled a probable suicide.’ (Wikipedia)
She was already at the top of the
ladder according to the world’s standards. She probably had everything at her
disposal yet lived an unfulfilled and unsatisfied life. Jim Carrey the Actor
once said, “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do
everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”. These
are stars who made it in life and tasted the epitome of success. But it is
these very icons that tell us how empty life is despite all the
accomplishments, possessions, luxuries, pleasures, and experienced void in
their soul. Soul in the body is not a philosophy. Soul connects with God. Our
sin problem separates us from the Holy God. All our physical exercise,
spiritual meditation and activities cannot comfort it. It has to have the
Savior. Jesus who is the God of the universe and God of our soul once asked
this poignant question, “For what will it profit a man if he gains
the whole world and loses his own soul?”. We will just be
empty. There is hope for mankind because of the sacrifice He made on the
cross and His resurrection. The answer to the emptiness is when we confess our
sins to Him and feel remorse for all our wrongdoings. By doing this, we
experience true forgiveness from all our sins, love overflowing in our
hearts and absolute peace in our soul.
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