In THE TWO TOWERS, Samwise Gamgee (whom Tolkien later admits is the true hero in his view) muses about the nature of storytelling with Frodo. Sam suggests that readers may know what sort of ending is coming, but they would never want the characters to know. Then he asks a great question:
“I wonder what sort of a tale we’ve fallen into?”
“I wonder,” said Frodo. “But I don’t know. And that’s the way of a real tale.”
What is this world we were born into? What sort of tale are we part of? What is this place, this planet we find ourselves living on? And why the constant war between good and evil, pleasure and pain, heroism and narcissism?
The Bible offers answers on every page, and only by reading all of the pages can you comprehend the great truths of life. But there is a great beginning in the little book of Amos:
“He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals His thoughts to man, He who turns dawn into darkness and treads the high places of the earth, the Lord Almighty is His Name! … He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the LORD is His Name—He flashes destruction on the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin” Amos 4:13 and 5:8-9.
God is the Creator of mountains and wind and mornings. He made the constellations and keeps the earth going around the sun. He makes the rain fall to nourish the land. He can destroy the armies and cities of His enemies—but best of all—HE REVEALS HIS THOUGHTS TO MAN.
Another verse goes further:
“The Lord God does nothing without revealing His counsel to His servants the prophets” Amos 3:7.
You live in a world where the Creator who made ALL and rules ALL wants to speak to YOU and reveal Himself to YOU.
Amen! “Speak Lord, your servant is listening” 1 Samuel 3:10.
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