We are now living in the Gᴜɢɪʟ Eʀᴀ where almost everything can be accessed in the internet with few clicks. People tend to think in terms of Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Netflix and even Tiktok – with information overload co-existing disinformation and fake news. The message of the a͟t͟o͟n͟e͟m͟e͟n͟t͟ ͟o͟f͟ ͟J͟e͟s͟u͟s͟ ͟C͟h͟r͟i͟s͟t͟ – his life, death and resurrection has become a strange abstract for some minds. Perhaps a little story could help.
Angel Alvin nervously ran to God’s throne to give his report. “𝑂, 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑! 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒.” He took a deep breath to calm himself.
Angel Alvin was heaven’s computer programmer. A wizard of the trade, he was chief of staff of all the angels who monitored what was happening in the entire universe. Most importantly, he was tasked to update the records of all the faults committed by humankind since the beginning.
“𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 – 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑧𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑏𝑦𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑’𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠. 𝑊𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦.”
Angel Alvin finished off his report with a hundred and one details that summarized the loss of eons of hardwork. He stood ashamed, head and wings bent. But in a quick glance, he caught God’s sad eyes.
Then in what seemed like a tired voice, God spoke – so softly it might have been simply a thought. “𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 – 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕…𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕.”
So saying, time paused. Everyone fell silent. Angel Alvin felt in his heart that in the cover of heaven’s brief darkness, God has needed to cry.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬’ 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬.
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