Wednesday, September 22, 2010

beyond the door



as Death leads the dance across the hills,
the newly dead join hands and follow..
the final scene from "The Seventh Seal",
the film by Igmar Bergman..
the actors watch from a distance,
the male actor tells his wife what he sees,
for he is given the ability to see things,
(i believe because of his good and caring heart,)
("Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.")
she responds with playful sarcasm,
"Oh you and your visions."
the entire film is the Knight's quest to know,
to know the meaning of life and death..
but Death is the main character of the film..
Hope does not exist in some imagined confidence,
it is more than that..
it is something else..
no one knows what is beyond death's door,
no one alive like we are alive...
except for our wounded Lord..
He knows,
and He's ok with it..

wkm
Nashville





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