This was taken from: the Ransomed Heart by
John Eldredge
This is so beautiful and so true, I could not resist, I had to post it
Life on the road takes us into our heart, for
only when we are present in the deep sentences can God speak to them. That’s why the story is a journey; it has to
be lived, it cannot simply be talked about. When we face trials, our most
common reaction is to ask God “Why won't you relieve us?” And when He doesn't
we resignedly ask, “What do you want me to do?”
Now we have a new question: Where is the romance headed?”
There is another great “revealing” in our
life on the road. We run our race, we travel our journey, in the words of
Hebrews, before “a great cloud of witnesses” (12:1). When we face a decision to
fall back or press on, the whole universe holds its breath-angels, demons, our
friends and foes, and the Trinity itself-watching with bated breath to see what
we will do. We are still in the drama of Act III and the heart of God is still
on trial. The question that lingers from the fall of Satan and the fall of man
remains: Will anyone trust the great heart of the Father, or will we shrink
back in faithless fear?
As we grow into the love of God and the
freedom of our own hearts, we grow in our ability to cast our vote on behalf of
God. Our acts of love and sacrifice, the little decisions to leave our false
loves behind, and the great struggles of our heart reveal to the world our true
identity: We really are the sons and daughters of God
