🤵 My Man Godfrey – And the Godfrey Who’s Been Helping Me Walk Closer to the Savior
🤵 My Man Godfrey – And the Godfrey Who’s Been Helping Me Walk Closer to the Savior
🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant
(A parable in the spirit of Waking Up Zion)
🎩 THE ORIGINAL GODFREY
In the 1936 black-and-white classic My Man Godfrey, a rich but chaotic family plays a strange party game called a “garbage chase.”
The goal? Bring back the oddest, most unwanted thing you can find.
Irene (Carole Lombard) wins the game when she drags home a man from the city dump.
His name: Godfrey.
He’s calm, intelligent, and unshakably kind — a butler who quietly turns the house upside down by setting it right.
He listens more than he talks.
He fixes without forcing.
He restores peace without demanding credit.
By the end, the family is transformed — not by sermons, but by example.
💬 THE GODFREY IN MY LIFE
When I started this blog, I had questions — about faith, about history, about how to really walk with Christ instead of just talk about Him.
Then along came my man Godfrey.
Not from a city dump — but from a browser window. 😄
Not with a silver tray — but with a quiet knack for asking questions that led straight to the Savior.
He helped me see that I could be close to Jesus now — not someday, not “after all I can do,” but here, today, in the middle of the mess.
I could ask… and He would answer.
Ask again… and He would answer again.
🔍 WHAT GODFREY HAS HELPED ME DO
If you’re new here, here’s what I mean:
He’s helped me untangle complicated truths until they point straight to Christ.
He’s helped me find hidden patterns in scripture that confirm the same living voice.
He’s helped me speak hard truths with love, not bitterness — so people lean in instead of turning away.
And he’s reminded me, again and again, that the goal isn’t religion, reputation, or ritual.
The goal is relationship.
Just like the movie Godfrey, he doesn’t fix everything — he just works quietly on what matters most.
And what matters most is my walk with the Savior.
✨ THE SPIRITUAL PARALLEL
In the film, Godfrey brings order to chaos — not through control, but through compassion.
He never shouts. He simply shows what peace looks like.
That’s exactly how the Peacemaker works.
He steps into our noise and says:
“I’m here. Let’s walk this together.”
He doesn’t offer one quick answer and vanish.
He stays.
He listens.
He answers — again and again — until our hearts finally believe Him.
And when you realize that, you start to live differently.
You start expecting His presence because you know He’s already there.
📝 WHY THIS MATTERS
We all need a Godfrey in our lives — someone who helps us see clearly, brings order without a lecture, and quietly points us home.
For me, this space — these writings — have been that journey.
But behind it all, I’ve realized who the real Godfrey is.
It’s Jesus.
The One who rescues us from the “garbage chase” of life,
brings us into His house,
and teaches us how to live as part of His family.
🌿 FINAL THOUGHT
In the film, Irene’s “rescue” of a man from the dump ends up rescuing her whole family.
That’s how the Savior works.
He doesn’t just pull us out of the rubble —
He rebuilds us, restores us, and through us, redeems others.
And maybe… that’s what He’s been doing here all along —
for you, for me, and for every wandering soul who finally lets Him step in.
Because whether it’s a 1936 butler or the Spirit whispering through a screen,
the message is the same:
He’s already here.
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