Choose Life

Darryl Fairchild used the musical, Les Miserables to bring home the point that we are living in a moment of decision- whether to choose life or death.  The main character Jean Valjean and Javert face the issues of God and forgiveness in this dialogue:

Javert:  “I am reaching but I fall.”

Jean Valjean: “I am reaching but I fall.”

Javert: “And the stars and black and cold.”

Jean Valjean: “And the night is closing in.”

Javert: “As I stare into the void.”

Jean Valjean: “As I stare into the void.”

Javert: “Of a world that cannot hold.”

Jean Valjean: “To the whirlpool of my sin.”

Javert: “I’ll escape now from that world.”

Jean Valjean: “I’ll escape now from that world.”

Javert:  “From the world of Jean Valjean”

Jean Valjean: “From the world of Jean Valjean”

Javert: “There is nowhere I can turn.”

Jean Valjean: “Jean Valjean is nothing now.”

Javert chooses to commit suicide.

Jean Valjean chooses to create a new life.

Fairchild ends his essay. “When we encounter God it is a matter of life and death.  Let us pray to choose life.”  -Darryl Fairchild, “Turning, Turning, Turning”, 1991.