Those Were The Stories...

     Tonight was part two of "The Two Towers" movie (we have to watch them in pieces because the extended versions are so long).  Lots of scary, bad fighting.  But good stuff too.  :-)  One of the scenes Frodo and Sam, two hobbits and main characters, have just had a crazy adventurous part of their trip.  Frodo is trying to get the ring back to Mordor (very, scary bad place) to destroy it.  He is the only one who can do this.  It has to be him.  Sam is Frodo's friend who is always with him.  Frodo has just had a moment of weakness. 

Frodo:  I can't do this Sam.

Sam:  I know.  It's all wrong.  By rights, we shouldn't even be here.  But we are.  It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo.  The ones that really mattered.  Full of darkness and danger they were.    And sometimes you didn't want to know the end...because how could the end be happy?  How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?  But in the end, it was only a passing thing...this shadow.  Even darkness must pass.  A new day will come.  And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.  Those were the stories that stayed with you...that meant something.  Even if you were too small to understand why.  But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand.  I know now.  Folk in those stories...had lots of chances of turning back, only the didn't.  They kept going...because they were holding on to something.

Frodo:  What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam:  There is some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.  And it's worth fighting for.


     Isn't that life?  We are called to do something.  We can go for a while, but then something happens and we fail.  We know that we cannot keep going.  But our merciful Father has put people in our lives to tell us that we can keep going.  We can do it.  It isn't going to be easy to fulfill our calling, but it is going to be worth it.  He is there to strengthen us, to be our guide. 
     Who are your Sams?  Find those people who are with you through the journey.  Cling to them.  Encourage one another.  Thank our loving Father that He has given us those people.  And that He gave us Himself.  Thanks for reading. :-)