So I've been sitting at my window for the past ten minutes, watching the rain drops glide down the glass in little streams. The thunder rolls and the gray clouds (minus the silver lining) stretch across the horizon until they seem to go on forever.
This kinda of day, in a typical movie, would happen when something devastating occurs. For Robin Hood, the entire town of Nottingham is now in jail with no hopes of escape. If the movie is Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett just rejected Mr. Darcy. In The Princess Diaries, Mia's car just broke down and it looks like she won't become the Genovian princess after all.
One movie, however, has a dreary rain scene that's not so dreary. In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the rain begins minutes before Lucy finds the wardrobe that leads them to Narnia. It starts minutes before she discovers the most wonderful thing she could ever find. Not exactly a typical movie rain scene.
So while I was sitting at my window three paragraphs ago, I was thinking what a lovely day it would be to find that wardrobe and visit Aslan and the Kings and Queens of Narnia. And that got me to start thinking, why is it raining during one of the best scenes in the entire movie?
Well, for starters, the rain keeps them indoors, so they play hide and seek, so Lucy is looking for a hiding place, where she discovers the wardrobe. So the rain draws her to Narnia.
That's similar to real life, isn't it?
The song "Blessings" by Laura Story has these lines:
What if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it take to know You're near?
What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life
Is a revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy?
So maybe all Hollywood has got it all backwards (it wouldn't be the first time).
See, the rain brings Lucy to discover Narnia. In real life (sigh, they're not the same), God uses circumstances that seem like Hollywood rain scenes to draw us closer to Him or remind us that He's there. And in turn, it makes us long for Him and heaven.
See why I love these rainy days?
Soak it all in. It's worth it. :)
KatieQue
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Got Heartburn?
Luke 24: 32~
"They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?""
Imagine. Jerusalem. Bible times. About 33 AD. In fact, it's been three days since Jesus died.
Notice 'died'? The verb is past tense. It's the third day. Jesus lives!
The disciples are rejoicing. The stone rolled away, the tomb, empty, Jesus here, His hands pierced so they know they're not dreaming. The disciples are probably celebrating so loudly, you can hear them a block away. Unfortunately, Cleopas is a little more than a block away. Technically, seven miles. He's traveling on the road to Emmaus with his companion, talking about Jesus and the crucifixtion. He is clueless about everything that happened in the last couple hours.
That's when Jesus comes in.
Here He comes. See Him? Right there, just a dot on the horizon. But getting steadily closer. You can hardly recognize Him. Cleopas doesn't, that's for sure.
This Stranger begins to talk. "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?"
Cleopas gapes. “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
"What things?"
Impossible, thinks Cleopas. To not know such things... “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these
things happened."
The Stranger nods, taking in Cleopas's every word. So 'Cleo' continues.
"Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”
Suddenly, the anonymous Stranger shakes His head, dark hair waving in the wind. “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
Cleo's not too happy about being labeled foolish, but he hadn't considered that point before. Jesus, the King of All Kings and Creator of the Universe, had to die to be glorified?
The three amble along down the road, exchanging tales. The Stranger begins talking of Moses and the Prophets, and continues with Scriptures concerning Jesus.
Oh, here comes that one fork in the road. The Stranger, He's taking the other path? Cleopas urges Him to come with us, begging Him not to leave.
So He stays and eats. Well, sort of. He breaks the bread and leaves. Suddenly, something clicked. It all made sense. That man, He was Jesus! Shocked, Cleopas stands motionless and speechless. Finally, he manages to speak."Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?"
End scene.
Now, if you've accepted salvation, you have the Holy Spirit in you. When you read the Bible, He reveals things to you. And your heart burns. If it's not burning, something's not right.
You know what Luke 12:49 says? “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled."
You know who said that? Jesus.
How about you? Got heartburn?
KatieQue
"They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?""
Imagine. Jerusalem. Bible times. About 33 AD. In fact, it's been three days since Jesus died.
Notice 'died'? The verb is past tense. It's the third day. Jesus lives!
The disciples are rejoicing. The stone rolled away, the tomb, empty, Jesus here, His hands pierced so they know they're not dreaming. The disciples are probably celebrating so loudly, you can hear them a block away. Unfortunately, Cleopas is a little more than a block away. Technically, seven miles. He's traveling on the road to Emmaus with his companion, talking about Jesus and the crucifixtion. He is clueless about everything that happened in the last couple hours.
That's when Jesus comes in.
Here He comes. See Him? Right there, just a dot on the horizon. But getting steadily closer. You can hardly recognize Him. Cleopas doesn't, that's for sure.
This Stranger begins to talk. "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?"
Cleopas gapes. “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
"What things?"
Impossible, thinks Cleopas. To not know such things... “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these
things happened."
The Stranger nods, taking in Cleopas's every word. So 'Cleo' continues.
"Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”
Suddenly, the anonymous Stranger shakes His head, dark hair waving in the wind. “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
Cleo's not too happy about being labeled foolish, but he hadn't considered that point before. Jesus, the King of All Kings and Creator of the Universe, had to die to be glorified?
The three amble along down the road, exchanging tales. The Stranger begins talking of Moses and the Prophets, and continues with Scriptures concerning Jesus.
Oh, here comes that one fork in the road. The Stranger, He's taking the other path? Cleopas urges Him to come with us, begging Him not to leave.
So He stays and eats. Well, sort of. He breaks the bread and leaves. Suddenly, something clicked. It all made sense. That man, He was Jesus! Shocked, Cleopas stands motionless and speechless. Finally, he manages to speak."Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?"
End scene.
Now, if you've accepted salvation, you have the Holy Spirit in you. When you read the Bible, He reveals things to you. And your heart burns. If it's not burning, something's not right.
You know what Luke 12:49 says? “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled."
You know who said that? Jesus.
How about you? Got heartburn?
KatieQue
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