EPIC: We're in a story
My wife and I have started to watch a six part DVD series entitled, THE EPIC. John Eldridge, author of WILD AT HEART, wrote the book EPIC and also has video sessions on the book. I look for tools to use in family devotions, and this week we intend to go through Eldridge's series. Each morning, Lord willing, I'll journal what I learnt from Eldridge.
The Epic begins with a question taken from THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Setting out on a long voyage Sam speaks up to Frodo, "I wonder what sort of tale we've fallen into?" The statement seems simple and innocent, but Eldridge reminds us that we too are in a story.
Our story begin with perfect paradise. In time tragedy struck, suspense builds as fellowships are built, we have heros and villans, we fall in love and experience heart break, and in the end a hero prevails.
My chapter of this story is simple. It begins with a eager farm boy from the Mid-West dreaming of success in the cattle business. Growing up, he becomes a teenager, looking for thrills in rodeo. The rebel within screams loudly, commanding our story's Hero to leave. In time, the rebel meets his match. Conflict stirs in the beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains (THE WILDS). The Hero grabs the heart of the rebel and crushes it. With a humble spirit the young man enters the Hero's fellowship and meets one of the Hero's beautiful, daughters. The journey at this point is exciting, I wonder what the adventure will look like today.
