seven pounds

Before i say anything i must say that its not a good idea to commit suicide no matter the circumstances. You cannot pay for your sins with your life. You will go to hell, literally.

This movie on the surface is a nice movie about a man trying to seek redemption for the choices he has made and the life he lived, for the mistakes he has made and on the surface it looks like a man trying to save people, he looks like a good man, a nice man but his motives however well crafted are sinister. 

Why such strong language? Because stealing, impersonating, deceiving, and self righteousness will get nobody no where. When people look at his life post transformation they will say what a man, it ends with him, they will be grateful for his 'good' deeds and they will honor him for what he has done. They will forget the hurt he left, the relationships he has neglected, ignores, the broken heart. What good is a heart if your hope if deferred?

No matter what happens we have someone who has already paid the price for all the evil we have done or will perpertuate in our lives and thats Jesus. He died so that we can have life and have it in abundance. We don't need to pay for our sins because they have been paid for. It doesn't matter how grave the evil. 

However its not wrong giving hope to those who need it. Its not wrong to donate your organs for those who are in need. Its not wrong to give your heart away, its not wrong to give everything you have lived for to some stranger. It is wrong to think that doing all these things will somehow go to pay for your mistake.

I'm sorry for being so strong but it has to be said. And in case you're wondering the name seven pounds was taken from the shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice, in which a debtor must pay a pound of flesh. In this case it amounts to parts of Tim's body donated to seven persons deemed worthy by his judgment. They are the recipients of his heart, a lung, part of his liver, and his eyes, among other things. And jelly fish are dangerous.

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~shalom~