Redeeming Love

Dear fellow readers,

I watched the latest romance movie that had me in tears. The most heart-moving film ever. 'Redeeming Love' gets you to have a deeper look behind what happens to young women when it comes to looking for love. Warning: Spoilers alert!

'Angel' witnessed her mother Mae, a mistress and a victim of an abusive relationship, being rejected by her married lover. She watched her mother grieve and die. After her mother's death, she was sold at the age of eight into prostitution. She survives through hatred and self-loathing.

A dashing young man, Michael prayed to God for a woman to love and marry, and falls in love with 'Angel' at first sight when she was eighteen. She's known as 'Angel' and the most popular lady of the night to give men what they want.

One night, one of her customers is her father, and she knowingly has sex with him to punish him for how he treated her mother. He does not recognize her, but when he finds out the next morning, he commits suicide.

When Michael enters her room and tells her he wants to marry her, she is thrown off guard, but remains aloof toward him. After she is nearly beaten to death, she agrees to marry Michael and leave with him as he nurses her back to health. Michael continues to surprise her as he claims to love her as his wife, and refuses to have sex with her. Michael is different from any man 'Angel' has ever known, which leaves her confused and afraid to trust him. She runs away at her first opportunity, but Michael finds her and convinces her to come home.

The next time 'Angel' runs away, she gets a ride with Michael's brother-in-law, Paul, who hates her because of her past. When he demands payment for the ride, she pays by allowing Paul to have sex with her. Back in the city, 'Angel' is forced back into prostitution, but finds it more difficult now to remain distant. When an angry Michael arrives at the brothel and takes her home again, the relief on her face when she sees him gives him hope and allows him to forgive her. For the first time, 'Angel' is truly honest with Michael about her past, and their relationship begins to grow based on honesty and affection.

The final time 'Angel' runs away, it is not because she does not love Michael, or because she is scared of her love, but out of a desire to sacrifice for him. She knows that what Michael wants most in the world is children and she is unable to bear children herself. She believes that by leaving, Michael will find someone else to marry and be happier without her. When she leaves this time, she intends to stay away forever, but Michael does not go after her, deciding that she needs to come back on her own. 'Angel' had been gone for three years and started a successful mission to help other young prostitutes when Paul finds her and realizes that he has been wrong all this time and tells 'Angel' that Michael still loves her.

'Angel' returns home to Michael, offering her love and her life. He is overjoyed when she gives him the only gift she has left to give, that being her real name, Sarah. God shows his faithfulness to Michael and Sarah throughout their lives, miraculously blessing them with children and success in all their endeavors, and they are happily married for the rest of their lives.

This movie is a must-see! I definitely loved it. Until next read... ciao!