GOD'S ROSE OF SHARON

"We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long." The Green Mile c1999

John Coffey. That is the name of the man sitting in the electric chair in this video. He use to say his name was John Coffey...like the drink but not spelled the same. John is an example of what a miracle can sometimes look like if we can only see past appearance's.

There are many people in this world that are very sensitive to pain, hurt and feeling all alone. They are sensitive to both the love that fills the world and also the lack of love that makes this world unbearable to live in at times. All of us are just like John Coffey in that we are the miracle if we only choose to accept it. Like was never meant to be a spectator sport. It was meant to be danced with each other "cheek to cheek" as this next clip from "The Green Mile" illustrates.



Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dancing to "cheek to cheek" in the film 'Top Hat'.

This clip was brillantly used in the movie "The Green Mile" to help us better understand the simplicity of the way things use to be. In this scene, Ginger's friend Madge is trying to match Fred and Ginger romantically. Fred is trying to woo Ginger, who mistakenly thinks that he is married to Madge, hence her reluctance to dance with him, but she succumbs to his charm in the end.

Their dance shows the fabulous artistry of both stars in the expression of the tenderness between a man and a woman.It was a hard time for many, the Great Depression. Films like this were a way for poor people to escape grim reality for a few hours inside the cinema, to catch a glimpse of the glamorous world of the rich and beautiful.

Call me an old fashioned but now is the time for young people to abandon the crowded party scene where they prance aimlessly, waving their arms in the air, deafened by the meaningless noise and lyric's that glorify the ego. Here's a challenge, go to an old fashioned ballroom dance, with a band that doesn't rely on beat boxes and plays real tunes. Maybe there you may meet the person of your dreams, hold them in your arms and live out your own romantic movie.

This is what life is about. Learning to love unconditionally and finding hope no matter the circumstance's you may face each day. Life goes on as death plays out its role every day. Life is as rich and beautiful as you choose to make of it. Ironically, death is just as beautiful because without the green mile or journey we each undertake each day, life would hold no meaning.

As in the haunting music from the movie "Titantic", the heart will go on. It will go on because in the big picture, the heart is the collective song of the universe and its every beat is the unity of all mankind. We are one because we are all the same in the eye's of God.

James Robert Kessler
Because of Him Art Ministry 2010