So, um...yeah, I guess that's it, you can all go home now.
Or I could give you my thoughts on the Church's Easter video this year.
Yeah, that second one. Let's do the second one. Let's do that thing.
For those of you who haven't seen it here's a link and another one to the Youtube version.
I'll be honest with you (again), this thing had me bawling worse then when Zayn left One Direction
"Too soon?"
Okay, I'll be serious now, because there was some really good stuff in this thing.
It starts out like you'd expect it to, nice music, talking about Jesus, all good stuff. But what turned the faucets on for me was around the 1:22 mark. It says "He is here/ During the good/ the bad/ the in-between" What really got me was that 'in-between bit where it shows a woman causally eating ice cream straight from the carton.
"I can relate to this."
But I found it very insightful. Much of life is neither good or bad. It is very much in-between. Yes, Christ is there in the dark moments when we need him the most and he is with us in the high moments of our lives, but we don't really talk about him being with us in the rest of our lives. The times when you're just siting improperly in a chair in a dimly lit room eating ice cream straight from the carton because it's just been that kind of day. You know those moments, when everything is just...blah. It's in those moments that I think it's hardest for us to accept Christ. When we're not on some spiritual high, but far from our darkest most desperate moments. He cares about us even in those moments. That is a beautiful thought to me.My second rain of tears (note to self: copyright "Rain of Tears" for band name/video game/special finishing move) came around the 1:34 mark. "He is here/ no matter who you are/ or who you were/ no exceptions/ no lost causes"
This got me thinking about outer darkness. I've always understood that in order to be sent to outer darkness a person needs to have a perfect testimony of Christ and then completely deny him. Because of the veil most of us will never reach the level of having a perfect testimony of Christ. I also believe that a huge majority of humanity will make it into the Celestial Kingdom. Christ does not give up on people. He is not a quitter. Think about it, He walked on water because his friends were about to give up. He toughed out basic laws of physics, just because His buddies were having a hard time. He will give us every chance possible to make it back home with God. He puts a lot of work into each and every one of us and He is not about to let that go to waste.
The video ends with #BecauseHeLives and encourages us to share. So here's my thing.
#BecauseHeLives a little weirdo like me who is chronically sarcastic can find peace and beauty in the mundane monotony of everyday life and function as a semi-normal human.
Namaste y'all
Michael
