Ozymandias

For those of you who have read the poem by Shelley, you will know that the great Ozymandias is a King of Kings who ruled his domain in ancient times with an iron fist. He left stone monuments of his rule which only mocked him in their desolation and ruin. Why is this important? Every age has its great men and women. We all like to talk about our legacy. But what is our legacy? If Ozymandias with all of his power was unable to leave a suitable monument in stone, what chance has any of us to equal his feat? To understand God it is necessary to capture the meaning behind this poem. In the universe nothing survives. Nothing. Every single form that we can see, study, and understand will, in time, no longer exist. Perhaps God has a memory. We cannot know the answer to that question. I believe that the implication of this is clear. Live your life as if it matters. Let God decide what memory will follow.