Breaking Bad and the Finish Line

My wife and I have started watching Breaking Bad while we wait for the Walking Dead to start back up. I had heard a lot about the series and so far it has lived up to the hype, in my opinion. It is both dramatic and funny and it has stirred up a lot of emotions at times.

It has been an interesting dichotomy watching the show with my wife; she lost her first husband to cancer and I was a hardcore drug addict that was a total meth head at the end. There have been many moments in the show when either one of us has nodded our head and relived for a few moments something from those times. The episode I watched last night was one of those times...

Season 2, Episode 6: Peekaboo - When Jesse the drug dealer goes to the house of  a couple of junkies to teach them a lesson, he finds the house empty except for a little 5 or 6 year old boy home alone, his junkie parents off scoring. The entire episode was sad and incredibly hard to watch. It reminded me of many people that I knew and sadly, even myself. While I never just left the kids at home alone, I did nod off one time after a 2 day binge, passed out, remembering nothing, with a 6 and 4 year old running around the house by themselves. What is interesting to me is that it was that incident; losing my kids, losing everything, that caused me to realize the depth of my depravity, hit rock bottom, and turn to God. Sadly many, like the show last night, never wake up.

I don't think that is is productive to spend time thinking about the past. When you kick dead things, all you get is stink. But there are time when you will see something that reminds you just how black your blackness was, which in turn shows you just how bright the light of Gods Love and Grace is. "He who is forgiven much, loves much". God has saved me and set me on a path that has impacted many lives and for that I am eternally grateful. "God turns all things to good for those who love him", shining His light even in our blackest night. There is nothing too impossible for God. I am living proof. And so are you.

There is a verse in the song "The Finish Line" by Steve Taylor that says:

Off in the distance
Bloodied but wise

As you squint with the light of the truth in you eyes

And I saw you

Both hands were raised

And I saw your lips move in praise

And I saw you steady your gaze

For the finish line

Every idol like dust

A word scattered them all

And I rose to my feet when you scaled the last wall

And I gasped

When I saw you fall

In His arms

At the finish line

Enjoy the video below. A great song of redemption. And remember, nothing is impossible for God.