The Pre-Oscar Party.

So, this weekend my mom and I were invited to this pre-oscar party in Hollywood because this new movie I'm in. ...haha, just kidding. We have a friend who just began this online sports network with his family. So he will be going to these events pretty regularly now.
I was really excited to go. I have always loved to go to Hollywood to see the big sign on the hill and to think of all the old classic actors and actresses like Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, and Audrey Hepburn who were once on the big screen. (and alive) :(
Anyways, when we entered the Hollywood area, we came to a stop light. Our friend, Tommy who drove my mom and I, was so certain he saw an actress driving in the car ahead of us. "Is that Natalie Portman in front of us?" he said. And of course I was getting really excited. The woman driving switched lanes, so I got to see who it was! Sure enough- It was Natalie Portman cruising in her hybrid with the windows rolled down with some friends with her. It was just so cool to see her and so unexpected!
Well, we got to the party and some people who were going to come were Tom Cruise, Fabio, Natalie Portman, and so on. When we got there though, there was really no one that I recognized.
Getting to the point- it was a totally eye opening experience. I think a lot of people, including my self, think that the whole hollywood scene is wonderful. But to be honest- It made my heart break to see some of these girls dressed so immodest and cheap. And the drinking was pretty overwhelming. This one woman there was so sweet, but there was not one time during the party that I saw her without a drink in her hand. They were all so lost. Some striving to become something in the hollywood scene, and others just simply trying to be something they're not.
And it's not that I have been in a bubble of some sort as a Christian, I have known for a long time that those types of parties exist, but how different it was to be in one of those parties at 15 years old. It was amazing to look around the room at all the people who were there, and I just thought to myself..."I wonder if these people are truly happy...?" But to be open and honest- I really dont think they were. No person on Earth can find happiness in bottles of alcohol. By happiness, I mean TRUE happiness. Because I know someone can get drunk and be happy for a bit, but that wears off after a while. Even drugs for that matter.
Sorry to go on and on about this topic, but like I said- it was just heart breaking. And by the time I left to go back home, the sweet woman who I mentioned before, did not seem all there.
So, my mom and I had a really good conversation on our way home. We both agreed that it was so eye opening and good for me to see it in a way. I have NO attraction what so ever to become like that when I get older. I'll stick with the tea parties I have with my friends now, haha. But in closing, I mentioned how saddened I was by this party we attended, but can you imagine how sad that makes the Lord? Oh my. I can't. The excessive amounts of alcohol and many freely giving them selves away in so many ways possible.
We both agree that we need to pray for those people. It's never to late for them to know the Lord and be changed. They are so lost and so empty- trying all sorts of things to fill that emptiness.
So, although it was sad to see these people, it was good too. I now have more people to pray for, people whom I never imagined encountering. But obviously everything happens for a reason.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.   Romans 12:2