Days 5

Yesterday, I started and finished a rather short but powerful anime that is gaining popularity and was recommended to me by a friend – Death Parade. It’s a story that deals with what will happen after we die, you know, the judging of souls. This is the Japanese version of life after death is very similar to our own popular beliefs, that is, they have a version of heaven and hell as well as the king of death who judges souls on where they should go. But I guess they added a Buddhist factor of being reincarnated or going to the void, and the assumption that the arbiters- the people who judge souls are essentially bartenders who create a desperate situation in order to see through the dead persons’s true intention.

The story is amusing, I mean, I wouldn’t be able to finish watching it in one day if it wasn’t. it has the right amount of drama for it to be entertaining but then the end part of it was a bit weird, not that it ruined the whole story or anything. 

Anyway, the anime made me think of what I think about death. Life after death I mean. As a christian, I believe in things like heaven and hell, but more than anything, that life or death.  I guess watching the anime proved to me that no one can really judge someone except God, because human emotions are complicated. There is no one purely black or white. I am not going to talk further about this as this post might stray into a religious topic.

Then again, I would like to imagine what would happen after my own death. I mean, if possible, I keep on praying that my death would be something peaceful and not involve accidents or calamities, but then I also want to wish that, what I would see right after my death. I wish that when I die, familiar faces would be there to welcome me, you know, people who came before me to guide me on where to go and prevent me from panicking. More importantly, I hope that God is with the welcoming committee. I imagine him extending his hand for me to hold, inviting me to come with him.naturally, I would. I gladly would come.

Back when I was child, the concept of death scared me. Now, I kind of welcome the idea that if my time would come, Jesus would be there to embrace me and guide me to heaven. There will be no more sorrow or pain there, and I look forward to the things I will do in the afterlife. I mean, there would be nothing to be scared of if Jesus will be the judge. It would be unlike the arbiters in that anime, where they judge people based on one of their actions. I know this because he is a loving God. I am very thankful that he loves me. Because of this, I am not so scared of death, and only ask God to give me this chance to enjoy my life, to fulfill my purpose on earth and to create a legacy here. Because, I think that this is the way I can do to show my love to him.