A Stupid Show

Wow. I blinked my eyes and weeks went by with no blog posts. It wasn’t really intentional; I have a lot of reasons. But you know what? Ya’ll don’t really need to know them because this is my little corner of the internet (for real- I paid my domain fees this week) and I can choose when to post and when not to, huh? So I guess that’s that. 😊

There’s a show that I watch. I’m not proud of it. Most of the shows I watch I really love like Andy Griffith, I Love Lucy, or the Great British Baking Show. A friend told me I should watch this one and against my *ahem* better judgment, I did. It’s one of those shows that you can watch while doing something else because it’s so shallow you don’t really need to pay attention. Have I mentioned I’m not proud I watch this show, nor do I recommend it? Okay, great. 😊 It’s The Good Place.

The Good Place is about four humans who die (*this post is going to contain spoilers lol) and go to “The Good Place” but through a series of events they end up back on earth. And it was in an episode on earth where I had to stop the dusting I was doing because my heart jumped at something I heard:

Eleanor (main character): “It made me realize that we’re the only truly free beings in the universe because we actually know what’s up with the afterlife. And I think that means we need to be bold.”

Whoa. For a terrible show with a repetitive plot line, it deals with philosophy and ethics more than any other show I’ve watched. Which is probably why I keep watching it.

That statement is so true for believers! We ARE the only people in the world who know the truth about what comes after death and because of that, we should live boldly through Christ! It reminds me of this passage:

“Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

I think these days there is a lot of tampering with God’s Word to make it more appealing or more relevant. But this passage says we will REFUSE to do that because what we have is the absolute truth and the ONLY way of salvation. Which, by the way, is always relevant. Why would we change it? We are truly free to live boldly and openly for Christ because we KNOW the truth! Turns out, I gained a little perspective from the dumb show.