Coulson; the giver of second chances!
I’m a Coulson fan. If you don’t know
who Agent Phil Coulson is, where have you been?! He’s only the coolest guy on
the planet! He’s the human leader of a group who get to manage all the crazy
super heroes who come to, or live on, Earth, like Ironman and Thor! Yeah. He hangs out with those peeps. He runs S.H.I.E.L.D. with a soft iron fist
and is the helper of all. Ultimately, he
wants the best for Earth, and he sees the good inside each person. Seriously,
he’s awesome. You should watch the show.
In this week’s episode, Coulson finds
out the person responsible for several attacks is a former agent that he
trained, who left the agency under strained circumstances years earlier. Even
though they have video surveillance of Aquilla doing the crime the day before,
Coulson stakes his career on the fact that something is off and he wants to
talk to her first before calling headquarters. All the other agents around
Coulson can’t understand why he is extending so much grace to her when all evidence
points to her being guilty, especially when he was already betrayed by her in
the past. But he won’t give up.
In the process, he discovers that
Aquilla was captured years before, and a device was implanted in her EYE that
keeps her prisoner by allowing them to see all she sees and if she stops doing what they ask at any moment they will
explode the device and kill her instantly. She WAS guilty of heinous crimes,
she could have chosen to NOT do those things, but she gave in to fear and
allowed herself to be used and controlled by the enemy. At the end of show, Coulson
rescues her and saves the day. However, she is left with only one eye and is
serving a light prison sentence for her crimes. Her choice cost her greatly. But now,
in prison, she is at peace, because she is finally more free than she has been
for years, all because Coulson didn’t give up on her. When Coulson is asked by
a peer what it was that made him want to give her a second chance in the face
of so much incriminating evidence, he replies: “Well, I was given a
second chance, and it changed who I am. It only seems right that I offer that
same chance to others.”
Well said, Coulson, well said.
Jesus gave me a second chance, and
it changed who I am. It’s only right that I offer that same chance to others.
Even in the face of impossible odds. Even when they don’t deserve it. Especially when they haven’t asked for it.
Colossians 3:12-15
“Put on therefore, as the elect of
God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ
forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
And let the peace of God rule in
your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”
