There is nothing like stepping out your door into a bright and beautiful world filled with nature all around. This is why people vacation in beautiful places. It is also the secret to the stories you love; that magical moment when the hero or heroine steps into a brave new world, or a new adventure in life.
If you have read or seen ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ you might remember that lovely catch of breath and skip of heartbeat the first time you followed Lucy through the back of the wardrobe into a snowy wood. Older readers may recall a scene from the first Star Wars film, when young Luke Skywalker steps out of his home in the deserts of Tatooine to watch not one but two suns setting into the horizon. Two suns brilliantly evoked in a moment that sense of “otherness” and wonder.
Personally, I love the mountains and valleys of New Zealand that are showcased in The Lord of the Rings movies.
The truth is we are preparing our hearts to receive the hope that alone can be the anchor of our souls, and we see echoes of it in God’s beautiful creation. But you must remember; this world is marred and damaged by the fall of man and sin.
If you believe the Bible and take the time to read the last few chapters, one day soon you will step into a renewed earth, a young earth, sparkling like an orchard of cherry trees after a rain shower. And joy unspeakable will be yours.
How do we open our hearts to this after we have endured so much pain and disappointment in life? We have lost many things as we’ve passed through the battlefields of this war-torn world; our humanity has been stripped of such essential goodness.
One of our greatest losses is the gift of wonder, the doorway into the heart. But each of us has special places and favorite stories that are still able to awaken it at times. Sometimes even a single phrase like “they strode away far into the night” can awaken in us a sense of longing that almost pierces.
There are parts of us that, no matter how deeply buried they are, they remember we were made for more than this. Things are not as they were meant to be, but this is not how the story ends.
If you have read or seen ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ you might remember that lovely catch of breath and skip of heartbeat the first time you followed Lucy through the back of the wardrobe into a snowy wood. Older readers may recall a scene from the first Star Wars film, when young Luke Skywalker steps out of his home in the deserts of Tatooine to watch not one but two suns setting into the horizon. Two suns brilliantly evoked in a moment that sense of “otherness” and wonder.
Personally, I love the mountains and valleys of New Zealand that are showcased in The Lord of the Rings movies.
The truth is we are preparing our hearts to receive the hope that alone can be the anchor of our souls, and we see echoes of it in God’s beautiful creation. But you must remember; this world is marred and damaged by the fall of man and sin.
If you believe the Bible and take the time to read the last few chapters, one day soon you will step into a renewed earth, a young earth, sparkling like an orchard of cherry trees after a rain shower. And joy unspeakable will be yours.
How do we open our hearts to this after we have endured so much pain and disappointment in life? We have lost many things as we’ve passed through the battlefields of this war-torn world; our humanity has been stripped of such essential goodness.
One of our greatest losses is the gift of wonder, the doorway into the heart. But each of us has special places and favorite stories that are still able to awaken it at times. Sometimes even a single phrase like “they strode away far into the night” can awaken in us a sense of longing that almost pierces.
There are parts of us that, no matter how deeply buried they are, they remember we were made for more than this. Things are not as they were meant to be, but this is not how the story ends.
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