I recently finished watching the short film by Roy Andersson "World of Glory". Throughout the whole film, something inside of me was stirring, I could tell something was off. Then as the closing scene appeared it hit me. If you have not finished watching it now is the time to do it. This man is a representation of the unproductive Christian. The beginning of the film displays the demise of a truckload of women by the hands of our main character and his colleagues. This is a direct parallel to our faith. We as Christians are many times unwilling to share our faith and by doing so we condemn those who don't believe as we do to a worse fate than the women in the truck. The next following scenes are also relatable to our faith. When our main character goes through a mental breakdown when he believes that he has lost his sight. When in reality he has. He has lost his ability to see those who are hurting and are in need of aid. His blindness is no one's fault but his own. His fancy coat that he hides behind, like the mask of perfection we hide behind, hinders him from helping those who really need it. The scene with the church is already in a context for our faith. When offered the blood of Christ the main character drinks more than his fair share. It takes several men and the priest to make him stop. Just like he drinks all the wine in the cup so does he keep the salvation story to himself. He is unwilling to share with those around him who are in desperate need to hear it. The final scene speaks the loudest. Our main character standing in front of his bed covering his ears while screaming is heard. There is a noticeable change in the character and he is afraid that he is only one hearing the screaming. Finally, his wife sits up in bed and calls him back to bed to get some sleep because “the next day will be hard if he doesn’t”. Our character is left with a decision, does he help the child screaming and get out of his comfort zone or will he crawl back into bed where he is comfortable? He gazes into the camera along with his wife one last time as if to say “what are you going to do about it”? So I must ask, in the face of adversity or lack of comfort, when someone needs to see the light of Jesus, are you going to ignore the screaming? Or will you do something about it?

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