Å tro er å velge Gud

Materiellbehov: Filmen En shopoholikers bekjennelserI filmen En shopoholikers bekjennelser tvinges den kjøpeavhengige Becky til å gjøre et vanskelig valg: Hun må velge om hun vil kjøpe kjolen for bestevenninens bryllup eller eller nytt TV-antrekk.

Start: 1.06.45 (i kap 14 på dvd-en)
Stopp: 1.10.55Lengde. 4 minutt og 10 sekundKlippet begynner med at Rebecca får se kjolen hun skal ha på seg i bryllupet til bestevenninnen. Suze, den kommende bruden, sier: ‘OK, no peeking’. Klippet slutter med tv-intervjuet. Luke sier: ‘Trust’, og intervjueren tar opp igjen ordet (se nærmere presentasjon av filmklippet nederst på siden).

Den kjøpeavhengige ender om med å svikte sin bestevenninne: hun velger å prioritere seg selv og sin egen kjøpetrang fremfor sin bestevenninne. Tro er også er et slik valg: vil vi prioritere meg selv fremfor noe forholdet til min beste venn. Å tro på Jesus er å velge Jesus.

Bli i meg, så blir jeg i dere. (Joh 15,4)

Et vennskap betyr at du i blant må gjøre valg. Prioriterer jeg vennene mine riktig? Og prioriterer jeg min viktigste venn, Jesus, riktig i valgene jeg gjør?

Be en kort bønn med egne ord, der du knytter an til temaet, teksten og utfordringen.

Confessions of a Shopaholic is an adaptation from Sophie Kinsella’s best-selling Shopaholic novels. Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a journalist whose unhealthy obsession with shopping means that she is living with serious debts. Becky dreams of a job with fashion magazine Alette, but ends up taking a position with its sister publication, Successful Saving, in order to get her foot in the door. Her unique take on finance soon makes Becky a hit at work and she finds herself getting on very well with her handsome editor (Hugh Dancy). However, Becky is unable to be honest about her debt problem, and her shopping habits threaten to ruin everything.

In this clip, Rebecca’s shopping addiction forces her into a terrible choice. She has just finished shopping for a new outfit for her first ever television appearance. She then arrives for a fitting of her bridesmaid’s dress. Becky’s housemate and best friend Suze (Krysten Ritter) is getting married and is very excited about the dress she has got for Becky. However, she is also concerned about Becky’s latest shopping trip, and persuades her to go to another meeting of Shopaholics Anonymous. Arriving at the meeting, Becky tries to hide her shopping bags before entering, but is caught red-handed by the new leader of the group. As punishment, Becky is forced to give both her television outfit and her bridesmaid’s dress to a charity shop. After the meeting, she immediately tries to buy them back, but finds that she can only afford to redeem one. She must choose which dress is more important to her. We then see Becky on television wearing her new outfit. Answering a question about the difference between cost and worth, she is obviously uncomfortable with the way in which she has betrayed her friend Suze.