When I wish Tracy could leave heaven to come to earth and be with us again, I'm reminded of the film "Shawshank Redemption," a movie most men love and I do not. Guys usually like action movies and Shawshank is about as action packed as "Driving Miss Daisy." Both movies feature Morgan Freeman, but in this one, filmdom's narrator spends the movie describing what is happening to Andy, the main character--because you cannot tell by watching it. The one redeeming feature I find in Shawshank is the scene of Andy escaping from prison by climbing through the sewer pipe. A disturbingly easy-to-imagine scene that even narration cannot make boring.
For Tracy to leave the refreshing purity of heaven to return and remain on this sin-slimed earth, would be like crawling through a sewer pipe to get here . . . and spending the rest of his life at the treatment plant. I would not want that for anyone I love. Tracy is now free from sin, more alive than he has ever been.
If I Was as Alive as You
If I was as alive as you,
free from my sin nature,
free to do and to be
all that God intended for me,
perhaps we could stand together
taking in the setting sun,
which in heaven is not
needed for light,
only for familiar comfort,
We could share a moment
where moments never end,
farewells are not for long,
and everywhere we look is beauty,
even in my heart and mind.
We two could stand together
in the unfading brightness
reflecting the glory of the Son,
if I was as alive as you.
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