Les Miserables

Our family attended a matinee showing of the movie Les Miserables this week and I am still weeping. I'm weeping with sadness for Fontine and Javert and all the pain in the world that is caused because of wickedness. I'm weeping for joy because there are people like Jean Valjean in this world who "fight for the right" and promote goodness in a decaying telestial world.

Les Miserables is one of my all time favorite stories, and I've enjoyed so many versions of it that I was excited and at the same time hesitant about the movie. Would it disappoint me? Would the actors be as good as the ones I've come to love in past productions? Would the story be altered? Would Hollywood down-play the religious significance of the plot?

But I am happy to say it did not disappoint in the least. I am hoping to see it again in theaters and buy it as soon as it is available. For me, Jean Valjean epitomizes every thing there is to know about Living in Truth. I loved the movie.

"17 Miracles"

Wow!

Thanks you for all the kind remarks yesterday.

I really had gotten to the point of thinking no one was out there.

Your response startled and encouraged me.

Thank you!

I usually don't promote things on Good News!, but I'm going to today. D4 is in town for a visit and so D5 and her family joined us and we all went to see the movie 17 Miracles. The cinematography was beautiful and the story is about the true account of the Willey handcart company. I learned a lot that I hadn't understood before but most of all I came away determined never to take for granted my heritage and the price people paid so that I could live comfortably as a Mormon in this valley.

While none of my ancestors were part of the Willey or Martin companies, every line in my family goes back at least five generations in the Church and one line goes back six. Mr. J is also a fifth or sixth generation Mormon and one of his ancestors, Luke S. Johnson, was called as one of the first apostles in this dispensation by Joesph Smith. I don't know all that my own ancestors suffered in their treks across the plains, but I'm sure there were similar trials. Ever since I saw the movie I can't quit thinking about the suffering, the miracles, and the faithful people that are my heritage.

Go see "17 Miracles"!