The Watchers

[401 words] When I was a kid I loved collecting and reading comic books. Several characters have stuck with me even today. Among them are a group of alien beings called The Watchers. The Watchers are beings that have great powers to manipulate time, material, and space. They spend their time in observance of all the different worlds of the comic book universe. In doing so, they collect information on every group of beings that can pop up on the pages of Marvel Comics. However, with all their power and all their knowledge, The Watchers were unbelievably boring characters to me as a child. The reason for this is very simple. The Watchers, as their name indicates, were prohibited by their own vows from interfering in the affairs which they observe. I fear that many of us who claim the name of Christ as our Savior are just like The…