Twilight
Okay, I’ll admit it… it’s not the easiest thing for me to do, seeing as I am a 26 year old mother, for Pete’s sake… You see I fought it and fought it and fought it for a long, long time… I didn’t want to get sucked into the phenomenon that seemed to be sweeping the country… I wasn’t interested in even looking at it… but then, it happened and all of a sudden I realized…
I’m one of those Twilight people.
Yes, after the Bible, I have been completely into the Twilight Saga. I’ve read them all at least 5 times, and I’m in the middle of reading Breaking Dawn again. I’m a member of “Team Jacob” (and yes, I was that way BEFORE I saw the movie *giggle giggle*), mainly because he’s the underdog (no pun intended) and I can’t resist rooting for him even though I know every time I reread the series that it’s not going to magically change and he ends up on top. But anyhoo… onto my point here.
I’ve finally found something interesting. A Twilight Devotional. Now I know in no way did Stephanie Myer write the series as a devotional, but the one I’ve been reading brings up some good points.
The first devotional I read was about Bella’s fear of growing old since Edward never ages. Can you imagine having your husband stay the same age while you grow older and older? I can only imagine how scary that would seem. For everyday to get less in tune with each other and get more different from each other. It’s not possible.
Have you ever had a day where you felt like that was representative of your relationship with God? Do you ask questions like: Is it really possible for God to love us the same when we’re at our most beautiful and when we’re withered and wasted? Do we fear a day when He’ll just look at us and say, “I’m sorry, I just can’t stay with you any longer”? He already promised that nothing can separate us from His love, ever.
Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us (Romans 8:37-39; The Message)
So wanting to avoid end-of-life questions like wills, power of attorney, etc, I’m going to focus on one thing: Losing Edward’s love. It’s not exactly the same as what we face with God, as the end of our days actually brings us closer to being one with Him forever, but symbolically, we can look at aging as a symbol for life, circumstances, and time itself.
How secure are we in God’s love? Do we look at ourselves in the mirror and question whether or not we’ll always be lovable to Him? What if we looked at Gran’s wrinkled and withered face as a symbol for how we may look to God now?
Another version says, “Nor even things which are to come,” which, to me includes any unforeseen circumstances. He’s in it for the haul.
Much like Bella and Edward’s discussion on the subject, later in the series, when Edward says “Bella, I’ll always love you; I’ll always want you, no matter what.” Bella says “What about when I look like a grandmother?” Edward’s response is just classic, conveying that it didn’t matter to him what anyone else thought, she would still be the love of his life (er, existence?), even when/if she did age.
This is a promise of undying, unconditional love; of absolute security. Can we receive it, or will we choose to walk in fear of the future?
jill
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