In response to opening day of The Return of the King:
"It is close at hand -
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness.
Like dawn spreading across the
mountains
a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was of old
nor ever will be in ages to come.
Before them fire devours,
behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the
garden of Eden,
behind them, a desert waste -
nothing escapes them.
They have the appearance of
horses;
they gallop along like cavalry.
With a noise like that of chariots
they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire consuming
stubble,
like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
At the sight of them, nations are in
anguish;
every face turns pale.
They charge like warriors;
they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,
not swerving from their course.
They do not jostle each other;
each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
without breaking ranks.
They rush upon the city;
they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;
like thieves they enter through the windows.
Before them the earth shakes,
the sky trembles,
the sun and moon are darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
The Lord thunders
at the head of his army;
his forces are beyond number,
and mighty are those who obey his
command.
The day of the Lord is great;
it is dreadful.
Who can endure it?"*
We, too, are part of a bigger story. And it is a wonderful and terrible story. But we cannot give up. We cannot lose sight of the extraordinary because of the everyday. We cannot forget that we are in service to a powerful, mighty, and thundering army, headed by our Lord. We have to fight with and for Him; that is our part of the only story that will ever matter.
*Joel 2:1-11
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