i am legend

the world is quieter now. we can listen.

i am legend was not quite the movie that i thought it would be. not into vampire, crazy people creatures, esp. when there is some story about how they were once people. i am sure that those things will haunt me in my dreams now.

but, there was a theological gem tucked inside. the story surrounds robert neville and his three year fight against this virus that has taken over humanity. when all hope seems lost, a woman and child find him. their appearance coincides with finding a cure to the virus that can heal the "vampires".

at one point, this woman says that God sent her. and God is sending her to vermont. Will Smith (mr. robert neville) says there is no God. she holds out that God is speaking and the world is quiet enough now for him to listen. he dies in a literal blaze of glory after giving the woman the cure ot the disease and charging her to save the world. he said he was listening now.

so the theological gem? he had been listening the whole time. he may not have known it, but he was listening the whole time. he had an intense rountine that kept him sane. his scientific approach to a problem of humanity tested, re tested and re tested a treatment with courage. this would not have been possible if amidst the craziness, he hadn't heard a voice telling him it was possible. in the movie, that voice is bob marley singing "three little birds" but i also think, given the theological dialogue in the movie, the repeated practically biblical references to dark and light, that it is not too much of a stretch to say he had been listening the whole time.

and that is why... he is legend.

or, it is what i want to see in the movie b/c it was just a little too freaky, it is advent and i am looking for the small voice of God wherever i can find it. who knows.

but, i just may sleep with the lights on.