Wednesday 1 December 2004

Pic of the day: This is when you don't want to bee there. (Screenshot from Smallville, first season, episode 18.)

"Save me"

I enjoyed watching the entire first season of Smallville. It was a lot closer to things I could have written myself than most Superhero stuff is. But ironically, one of the things that made the most impression on me was the theme song, "Save me". It isn't really about superheroes, and it is not religious either. But seeing it in this context, I suddenly remembered what being saved was all about. This was because of the one line: "I don't care how you do it, just save me".

That's the original meaning, isn't it? That's how we Christians felt once, when we came to this life. Like someone trapped in a burning house, you don't care about your belongings, about your money, your dignity, the clothes on your back or the hair on your head. All that counts is to get away, to get out of there. To be saved.

Is it that way now? I can't speak for anyone else. My answer is no, and that bothers me a lot. I wish to keep this nice life. The stuff I own isn't so much, but it's nice to have at least the most essential of it. And having the body is certainly nice, despite its recent failings here and there. I'd be very worried knowing I'd have to leave it. But one day I will. There is no two ways about that. I am, in this regard, still in the burning house. Somebody save me ... but I like it here.

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Yes, regular readers will have guessed by now that I've been dog sick today, since I write about religion instead of money, sex and games. ^_^* That's true, too. But actually, I noticed and thought about this thing already on Monday when I got the DVDs and started watching them. It was one of the first things that struck me.