Some thoughts

I was channel surfing the other night and came across the Chronicles of Narnia movie. (Wow. I hope all of you had the chance to see it.) When the music started during the battle, the score goes from fearful and sinister to triumphant. It makes me think of our faith in a different (perhaps even more accurate) light. When I hear that music, I can only imagine when our King returns to earth and destroys our enemy with the words of his mouth. I find it hard to believe that this is reality (not the music, but the larger-than-life event we're guaranteed will happen)

I've long been a fan of John Eldredge's writing as he encourages Christians to see ourselves in the midst of a great epic. I believe he hits the nail on the head here. The minute we're born we are thrust in the middle of a cosmic battle. When we become Christians, we also become marked men and women. There is [something] trying to take us out. The apostle Paul got it. St. John got it. C.S. Lewis got it and Tolkien got it. Read any of their books ( or in the latter two cases, watch the movies) and you'll see the Biblical struggle played out. I love those movies (and perhaps others do to for the same reason) for the mysterious and the mythical intertwined with reality. I reckon our lives are like that -- the mysterious, nearly mythical, interacting with our physical realities.

If you get a chance, skim through one of Eldredge's books; rent the Chronicles of Narnia, or the Lord of the Rings movies. Sometimes I think we need reminded of the pageantry, glory, beauty, holiness, and fierceness of the One who loves us and how it will be when He returns the second and final time.