Why I love “LOST” so much…

My wife and I recently started a LOST marathon and I’m determined to make it through all the seasons (again). Why is LOST the only show to ever intrigue me to watch in its entirety and be so deeply moved by the story? Each week for every season I patiently awaited the newest episode and its jaw dropping twist and turns. But why? Why do I love this show so much?

Funny you should ask:

Well not too many shows now a days or even in the past cut deep into your soul like LOST does. A lot of people think it was just another funky Science fiction show. No, no, no LOST is much more than that. It’s a story line about a plane full of people looking for a new life and needing something, needing a fresh start. It’s about fate and redemption, it’s about heroes and people finding out whom they really are when things get tough.

We’ve all been in this boat (or island); we’ve all flown on Oceanic flight 815. There will be a point in your life when you wish you could press the reset button, or wish you could just start new and fresh. There is nothing wrong with this feeling, it’s just a lump sum of regret and pain mixed with a little bit of “what if” to make what could be or could have been cocktail. Add a little salt and lime and you have a new life. One of the beauties about the show though is that it addresses the past with all the characters, and although they are not in the same situation they are still faced with the passed and have to either come to grips with it or let it eat them up inside. We are all in this same scenario just on our own island. We can live in the past and let it eat us up inside or we can choice to take a right turn and press on. The show calls out the individual yet somehow all connected players and their internal character and they start to hone their skills and traits as leaders and followers, doctors and thieves, etc.

In this life it can be said that everyone deserves a fresh start at some point, though I highly doubt any of us will get one by surviving a plane crash brought on by a mysterious island. That being said the story line is still amazing to watch it unfold, as sinners turn to saints and vice versa. If you have never watched LOST I would highly recommend looking into it and letting the subtle and not so subtle overtones of redemption, hope and faith bring you to the edge of your seat. Watch how it speaks to you and how the writers tied it all in together to create a masterpiece of storyline mystery and intrigue.

"so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:11