Last evening I spent almost 3 hrs of my time watching the adventures of Bilbo Baggins unfold, in the new release “The Hobbit”. Absolutely loved the movie, and of course, saw so many great parallels and truths we experience here in our reality. So I have decided to write a few down as I embark on my own new adventure for 2013, Blogging.
The adventure begins when a quite content and comfortable hobbit, Bilbo, is approached by a wizard to go on an adventure. The wizard, Gandalf, is looking for the last member to join in a quest. He approaches Bilbo because he sees destiny in him, that Bilbo himself does not yet see. Hmm, sounds somewhat familiar. Bilbo’s immediate response is to stay as far away from “adventure” as possible. Adventure means mess, uncomfortable, and does not fit into his plan. He is most content staying in his “hole”, sitting on his porch and smoking his pipe.
Without the hobbit descriptors, and references to mythical beings, this sounds like the present state of many. I myself was in this same place. The thought of stepping out of my comfort zone spiritually sounded very messy, uncomfortable, and really didn’t fit into my plan of world domination. (according to the American dream). I spent majority of my life feeling that any form of disruption, or untidiness was not from God. After all..
1 Cor. 14:40 But all things should be done with regard to decency and propriety and in an orderly fashion.
So like Bilbo, I felt any shaking or discomfort was to be guarded against. To actually put myself into a position that was uncertain …read more
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