We've taken to streaming "Dead Like Me" on Netflix. We are now on season 2 and it's actually been a good series. It's kind of confusing and surprising that I would like the show at all because I am deathly afraid of ghosts. Any type of ghost story scares the living daylights out of me. This is because I believe in ghosts. I believe that if we as Christians are going to believe in Angels, and that there is a constant battle between good and evil, then we must also believe that yes, there are the opposite of angels. The best opposite of angels I can come up with is ghosts.
Anyway, this series is interesting. It's the story of a girl who died when she was 18 and became a "reaper". She reflects on her life and what she did right, what she did wrong, and what she would have changed. Now, George (the girl) lives and works with her "club", as she refers to it, of reapers. She visits home every once in a while and tries to take care of her sister, even though she knows she can't actually take care of her.
One of the other reapers is Daisy. In the last couple of episodes Daisy has asked questions...religious questions. She's been trying to find that thing that's missing in her life. She said it had been 75 years since her last confession. I've found that I relate to Miss Daisy. I know where I stand in my religion and in my personal faith and we're all good there. My big question is how long is "forever"? I know that we die and we go to Heaven and we're there until the end of time, or, forever.
My interpretation of the book of Revelation kind of paints a picture of Heaven being a marketplace...kind of like in Aladdin. There's gold streets and palaces for each and every one of us and there's God of course and Jesus and we're all Angels and it's a beautiful sight that can't really be grasped by our understanding. That's the problem! I can't grasp it so I have questions. Here on earth we know we all die. But in Heaven what is there? You live...and I can't imagine all you do for the rest of eternity is sing hymns in a chapel of some sort. What is there? What do you do to fill your time? Because you know you've got an eternity. But what's eternity? Does it ever end? And how big is it? Because we can't even reach the nearest star to us here on earth and there are billions of stars in our galaxy alone. What about all the other galaxies? Is Heaven bigger than that? Or does it exist in some sort of parallel universe? All existing in harmony without our knowledge or comprehension? And why on earth did God choose to place us on this particular planet? Because this is the only planet we know of that can sustain life. So...God could play with our anatomy and make it so the moon could sustain life...or yes...even one of the gas planets. It would be a little more difficult but He's God so he could do anything! So why this planet?
I guess we all have questions.
One of the other reapers is Daisy. In the last couple of episodes Daisy has asked questions...religious questions. She's been trying to find that thing that's missing in her life. She said it had been 75 years since her last confession. I've found that I relate to Miss Daisy. I know where I stand in my religion and in my personal faith and we're all good there. My big question is how long is "forever"? I know that we die and we go to Heaven and we're there until the end of time, or, forever.
My interpretation of the book of Revelation kind of paints a picture of Heaven being a marketplace...kind of like in Aladdin. There's gold streets and palaces for each and every one of us and there's God of course and Jesus and we're all Angels and it's a beautiful sight that can't really be grasped by our understanding. That's the problem! I can't grasp it so I have questions. Here on earth we know we all die. But in Heaven what is there? You live...and I can't imagine all you do for the rest of eternity is sing hymns in a chapel of some sort. What is there? What do you do to fill your time? Because you know you've got an eternity. But what's eternity? Does it ever end? And how big is it? Because we can't even reach the nearest star to us here on earth and there are billions of stars in our galaxy alone. What about all the other galaxies? Is Heaven bigger than that? Or does it exist in some sort of parallel universe? All existing in harmony without our knowledge or comprehension? And why on earth did God choose to place us on this particular planet? Because this is the only planet we know of that can sustain life. So...God could play with our anatomy and make it so the moon could sustain life...or yes...even one of the gas planets. It would be a little more difficult but He's God so he could do anything! So why this planet?
I guess we all have questions.
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