Tuesday, October 12, 2004
The Death of Superman
Christopher Reeve died this weekend. I seem to be getting older without seeing it. Everytime I look around one of the people I grew up watching or listening to is dead. Just think no more guest appearances on Smallville, no more public appearances and calls from him to support spinal cord research. Now when we watch the old movies we will remember that he is not here anymore. Certainly a reminder of how finite life is. Christopher Reeve reminded me of how fragile life is when he had his accident.
This news reminds me of one of my fears that arises whenever I look at the briefness of life. My parents are now in their 70s and they seem to be doing well, but everytime I hear about another difficulty they are having I worry just that much more. I am not ready to experience life without them, I don't think I will ever be ready for life without them. I'm still not sure I am used to the idea that my grandma is gone.
It seems every keeps getting older, and older starts to mean the loss of important people to our lives. I like what Jeff Walling (I think) has to say in his book (Dancing with God?) about death. It is not natural, we were not created to die. We should not feel okay that this is a natural part of life. We were meant to live forever in relationship with God, and some day that will be fixed, but the separation that we experience from our loved ones was something that was not a part of God's original design. While I don't accept it, I will for now have to live with it.
This news reminds me of one of my fears that arises whenever I look at the briefness of life. My parents are now in their 70s and they seem to be doing well, but everytime I hear about another difficulty they are having I worry just that much more. I am not ready to experience life without them, I don't think I will ever be ready for life without them. I'm still not sure I am used to the idea that my grandma is gone.
It seems every keeps getting older, and older starts to mean the loss of important people to our lives. I like what Jeff Walling (I think) has to say in his book (Dancing with God?) about death. It is not natural, we were not created to die. We should not feel okay that this is a natural part of life. We were meant to live forever in relationship with God, and some day that will be fixed, but the separation that we experience from our loved ones was something that was not a part of God's original design. While I don't accept it, I will for now have to live with it.
// posted by Eric @ 1:12 PM 
