I was going to do this post, tonight, BEFORE I saw that the new trailer for Good Omens 3 is out, but that just caps it off. I love that series, and I am looking forward to seeing it in May. It will be a short season.. one long series finale, but it is a good story.
If you have been a long viewer of this blog, you will know that I have from time to time done post series about the value of the dark. Today, I saw a video from Lili Reinhart who I knew from and loved in Riverdale doing a video in which she said if she was a celestial being and was asked if she wanted to come to earth for a brief stay... just a blip.. and be able to experience human emotions.. love, heartbreak, and all of it.. would she want to go, and she smiled and said yes. She said that when she is struggling, she keeps grounded by knowing that even pain is beautiful in its own way. It reminded me of those post series that I have done about the beauty or the value of darkness in life. In fact, I have spent YEARS contemplating that at times, which is why I choose to feel it all.. experience it all... live it all, and I don't regret any of it. There is nothing that is good or bad in total, and there is benefit in experiencing all of it.
You might ask how I can value darkness. I would answer that it is in the same way that God values darkness and pain. He made us to experience those things. He didn't have to do that. And, despite the fact that much theology in various organizations likes to value being "blessed" or always having things feel good, that is not actually theologically correct. God used the devil to test Job... supposedly after the fall, and the "devil" has continued to serve a purpose in God's plan and in Scripture, throughout the pages and in life. How many passages talk about how those whom God loves he tests and that the testing produces perseverance... even as the Bible says that God cannot, Himself, test anyone with evil.
It is not just a case of evil coming to try to tempt people away from following or believing in God, but it is also to temper and strengthen and grow, as anyone that does fitness for long knows that it is painful and hard as hell (word choice intentional) but is necessary to grow to become the best that we can be.
The problem is that in our society, those that are under pressure and struggle are often cast aside by those that don't want to even SEE that life is not as beautiful as they want it to be. Yet... that's where Jesus lived his days. That's why Scripture says that in the darkest place "God is there," though many of God's followers would never even be able to see Him...or us.. doing good where they can never go.
And, that is one reason why I continued and continue to say that I would much rather be condemned and cast out than live a sheltered life, because that's where all the other hurting humans would happen to be. And, I don't need validation to actually do good and love. If that's what you are after.. please.... stay inside the church walls. You will get your reward.
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