Professor Vivian Bearing is a literal, hardnosed English professor who has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the story, she reflects on her reactions to the cycle the cancer takes, the treatments, and significant events in her life.
This last scene is very moving because her old college mentor is the only person to visit her in the hospital during the last three months of her life. And this was her first and last visit with her.
WIT: THE RUNAWAY BUNNY
Poignant and profound are the words that come to mind in this short video clip. God's love is such that no matter how far we think we have fallen or drifted away from His presence, God is always with us. That's the beauty of this video and the tale of "The Runaway Bunny." Even death can not separate us from the presence of God. Death is but a blink of an eye to the awakening of the eternal.
All of us are runaway bunnies one time or another in our lives. Most of the time we run because we struggle with the concept of uncondtional love. It's far easier to judge other's than to simply love and accept them. Yet love is our redemption, our salvation. We only judge ourselves when we judge other's because we are all God's children.
And being children of the most high God, we all love a bedtime story every once in a while. Especially one that beautifully illustrates the great depth's of God's great love towards us.
The Runaway Bunny:
by Margaret Wise Brown
Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.
So he said to his mother, "I'm running away."
"If you run away," said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny."
"If you run after me," said the little bunny, "I will become a fish in a trout stream and I will swim away from you."
"If you become a fish in a trout stream," said his mother, "I will become a fisherman and I will fish for you."
"If you become a fisherman," said the little bunny, "I will be a bird and fly away from you."
"If you become a bird and fly away from me," said his mother, "I will be a tree that you come home to."
"Shucks," said the little bunny, "I might just as well stay where I am and be your little bunny."
And so he did.
"Have a carrot," said the mother bunny.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.Psalm 139:7-10
James Robert Kessler
Because of Him Art Ministry 2010
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