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'Prophecy' from the Two Towers by Alan Creech | ||
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OK, every time I see one of these
Lord of The Rings movies I feel like God lays something
prophetic down inside me - wow. My wife, Liz and I saw The Two
Towers last night. It was, to say the least, amazing. I think I
was in some spiritual haze during the whole thing. It was a similar
experience with The Fellowship of The Ring. I think I talked here
about that last experience, sharing the quote about Gandalf and
Frodo in Moria. Frodo is saying (I can't remember it exactly) that
he wishes the Ring had never passed to him. Gandalf says that it
has, that can't be changed. What we have to do now is choose what we
will do with what we have been given. This time it was Eowyn, the
niece of Theodin, King of Rohan. She says to Aragorn that the one
thing she fears is "a cage" - where she will be trapped until there
is no more chance for valour. I will get this exact quote for you
soon. I hit me like a hammer! The whole movie was like that for me. It made me think of the many things that are happening in the church now --- the changes --- the new things that aren't well understood by many who are not doing them. It made me think of what I'm doing, however small --- that it matters in this revolution. I think we need to realize that this battle is not quite over. When I say "battle," I do not mean we need to be hurting people in the midst of it. We don't need to be attacking people. Gandalf was not attacking Theodin in his blindness --- he was helping to free him. Now, obviously, I don't have all the answers. I can't "help" everyone, and everything I see and do is not universally what everyone will perhaps. I do, though, think I'm a part of a larger move in the Body of Christ --- of people who are seeing things, by His Grace, and are trying to figure out how to do things in a new way. And I don't think we need to back down about it. I don't think it's time to sit down and just say "everything is OK - we should stop yelling now." I don't think so. I know it comes off arrogant sometimes. I know that. And I don't want to be some smart ass know it all person who thinks he's never wrong. I don't! That won't do anything to help the whole situation. But I also don't want to stop yelling while there is still yelling to be done - legitimate yelling. There are ecclesiastical systems out there that are wrong - that are hurting people - that are crippling members of Christ's Body. They are keeping people from reaching their divine potential - and I think this makes God sad --- and it's not OK! So, do I know everything about how to fix all this? No, but I know something. I see something. And I want to be a part of something which tries to do something in the other direction - the direction that builds people up and helps them be transformed into the image of Jesus. I don't want to be simply "anti" something. Without something to be for, that has no point and will burn you up. I want to help shine the light on the dark corners so they can be cleaned out. And I can't always help how that comes off. I'm open to people telling me to chill out. That's fine. We keep each other in check - that's how it works. But I will not sit down in the middle of this thing. I will not hide in the keep. [First published on Alan's blog 12/27/02 | ||
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