Think about it -Anna Grace Gay

In reading Dante's Inferno, I was honestly quite convicted. I am sure you are puzzled as to how I got conviction out of this reading? Canto four, lines 13-21 is what got me right in the heart. "Into the blind world let us now descend,"began the poet, his face as pale as death. And I - for I had seen his color turn- replied,"How should I go, when you're afraid, you who have been my courage when I doubt?" "The anguish of the souls who dwell down here," he answered me, "has painted in my face the pity you have taken to be fear." Virgil understands the grim reality of the people in the first concentric ring of hell they are getting ready to witness. He understands the fact that they are spending eternity there. Do we? Yes, I know there is probably more to this quotation that could be said and understood but think about it in the simplest way.  Do we have that pity? I mean really. We all know the reality of what happens to people who do not accept Christ. Set aside the questions of if they have been baptized or what their life looks like or any of the details. People who do not accept Christ as their personal Lord and Savior before they die will go to hell. You could see on Virgil's face the amount of sadness and pity he had for these people they were fixing to witness. Do we have that pity? Does that pity move us to action? I feel like it says something that Dante could tell just by Virgil’s face expression that something was troubling him. Can people tell that as Christians we are deeply troubled by people spending eternity in hell? Excited to follow the rest of Dante's journey as I am once again discovering another one of my favorite readings. 

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