Hey! It's all over boys! Cease firing! The armistice has been signed!

THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939) dir. Raoul Walsh

I had to post this scene like this because I'm obsessed with Toby Stephens and Louise Barnes here, they did a fantastic job in a very important moment because, without yet revealing to us exactly what happened, we see for the first time the true motivation behind Flint's actions so far.

Similar to Eleanor, Miranda is a woman who has lived in the privilege that money has provided her and I love her dearly but Flint is right here. He doesn't come from a wealthy family and has spent his life ignoring his origins and his desires to fit into society. He has been good at his job, has done everything asked of him and has kept any indiscretions hidden.

And it has not been enough.

Miranda has the opportunity to be happy in that society but Flint does not because it would mean denying who he is again and ignoring what was done to the person he has loved most in his life, a person who was the same as him.

I think their kinship is queer as fuck. It's like meeting like. It's different struggles with the same result: back to back with their sharp things out. They're family. They're blood to each other. They're enmeshed in the way you can only be after you keep watch in the night, knife a man for trying shit, while the other one sleeps.

Take the Bible for example.

God says that His Word never returns to Him void, and that it always accomplishes what He intends it to do (Isaiah 55:11). This means that the Bible isn’t meant to only bless us, but also convict, correct, and call us out blatantly for our sin against God. As such, His Word becomes the primary tool through which God uses to till His garden; getting rid of the rocks so that more flowers and plants can grow.

The same is true with what God blesses us with. Everything that we have received God is intending be used and received back in multitude (see the parable of the talents).

God gave Moses his staff, and he used it to part the Red Sea and display His power before Pharaoh.

God gave David a slingshot, and he used it to kill Goliath.

God gave Jesus a cross, and He used it to conquer our sins and give us victory over them.

God will always give you something that He wants you to use for the betterment of His glory. This could be your money, your voice, your home, your talents, etc. It’s by giving back to God what He has given us that we become good investments, and thus, receive more from Him.

David killed Goliath and became king of Israel.

Jesus died for our sins and was exalted to the right hand of the Father.

Moses helped split the Red Sea and was intended to inherit the Promised Land (but that’s another story).

Ask God today what He has placed on your hands, then ask how you can give it back to Him and use for the sake of His glory. And don’t be disappointed if it seems like you don’t have much, you’ll be surprised with what God can do when He seemingly doesn’t have a lot to work with.

they say it always been only Arthur who could handle this feral kid for days

I'd walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you