It's been a while. I was watching Dexter Season 6, Episode 4, "A Horse of a Different Color" Maybe this isn't the best timing to say this but when would it ever be, right? Haha, just kidding.
I've been completely hooked on this show ever since I started it. I'll admit, I've always been fascinated by serial killers how their minds work, what goes wrong, and what ultimately shapes them into who they become. But that's not really why I'm writing today.
In this season, they're hunting the "Doomsday Killer," one who bases his murders on the Book of Revelation from the bible. The episodes are filled with biblical themes and messages. There's this particular scene where Harrison, Dexter's two-year-old son, needs surgery for appendicitis. After hearing Brother Sam's testimony, Dexter goes to buy coffee from a vending machine and then.. guess what? He prays. He asks for his son to be okay, promising he would do anything in return. In that moment, he wasn't pretending he was just a father, desperate and vulnerable, asking for his child to be spared.
That moment really struck me. That's how faith works, right? I've been in that situation so many times asking for Your help. And it reminded me of what Jamie Sullivan said in A Walk to Remember: "Without suffering, there would be no compassion." Sometimes it feels like You've been waiting for us to ask all along. I love how the gospel still speaks in moments like that.