Judy and I watched a Ghost Whisperer Marathon tonight. We’ve been saving episodes on the dvr since before Christmas and we watched them all in one fell swoop. The marathon finished with tonight’s episode. Toward the end, there was a great little speech by some character--right on cue, Judy and I got a little teary. This was quickly followed by worried as heck that Jim was going to go away with the blonde hussy. (Can’t remember what show I’ve seen that blonde in before—that’s gonna make me crazy.) Quel horreur. But crisis averted, Jim stuck with Mel. P.S. By the Way---What was that song? Stay with Me? And why don’t they put that stuff in the credits? Maybe I’d like to download that from Itunes. Kinda hard to do, since I don’t know who sang it or the actual title. Anyway, I immediately decided I’d like to blog the speech. Here’s what the character had to say at a funeral:
“Tonight we send our loved ones to where we thought they’d already gone. It seems like a detour, an embarrassing wrong turn. But the truth is, we never knew where they were going. We pretended we did and that made us feel better. But every path leads to the unknown. Some paths join others and some split off on their own. We want to know where they all go, but maybe we shouldn’t. Maybe the more we insist on knowing, the less we’ll be able to learn from life’s twists and turns. I know what you’re thinking, that the unknown is scary. But that’s okay. We’re human. Maybe before we feel free, we’re supposed to feel fearful. Maybe it means more that way. So let’s all say good bye now and remember that no matter what we’re feeling there’s no shame. No shame at all.”
Funnily, what seemed so affecting when the lines were delivered by some actress—didn’t seem so wonderful when I started typing them out. From my Christian perspective, I know where I’m going and where my loved ones have gone—so I don’t agree with all that part. Also, I do think that sometimes what we feel is stuff we should be ashamed of. Really—the best bits are in the middle. I still like these lines:
“Every path leads to the unknown. Some paths join others and some split off on their own. We want to know where they all go, but maybe we shouldn’t.”
Here’s the thing—the future is unknown and unknowable. But God, through his son Jesus Christ, is revealed to those who seek him. And he is beside us as we head into the uncertain future. l He will never leave us or forsake us.
“Tonight we send our loved ones to where we thought they’d already gone. It seems like a detour, an embarrassing wrong turn. But the truth is, we never knew where they were going. We pretended we did and that made us feel better. But every path leads to the unknown. Some paths join others and some split off on their own. We want to know where they all go, but maybe we shouldn’t. Maybe the more we insist on knowing, the less we’ll be able to learn from life’s twists and turns. I know what you’re thinking, that the unknown is scary. But that’s okay. We’re human. Maybe before we feel free, we’re supposed to feel fearful. Maybe it means more that way. So let’s all say good bye now and remember that no matter what we’re feeling there’s no shame. No shame at all.”
Funnily, what seemed so affecting when the lines were delivered by some actress—didn’t seem so wonderful when I started typing them out. From my Christian perspective, I know where I’m going and where my loved ones have gone—so I don’t agree with all that part. Also, I do think that sometimes what we feel is stuff we should be ashamed of. Really—the best bits are in the middle. I still like these lines:
“Every path leads to the unknown. Some paths join others and some split off on their own. We want to know where they all go, but maybe we shouldn’t.”
Here’s the thing—the future is unknown and unknowable. But God, through his son Jesus Christ, is revealed to those who seek him. And he is beside us as we head into the uncertain future. l He will never leave us or forsake us.
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