“Ellen, I am begging you to read it.”

My friend, Laura Jones, was speaking of the Wingfeather Saga, a four-part fiction series by Andrew Peterson.  I had started it but told her I thought it was a little silly. I read it to the end because Laura had begged me, and of course I was not disappointed.

Our family has a strict pact, between the five of us, not to give away plots of books, so I will change the names and places in the following quote from The Warden and the Wolf King, the fourth book in the series.  “Jane” is speaking with “Peter”:

“The Monsters will attack someday and there aren’t enough weapons...to go around. I’m sorry, the Shining Isle is a long way from here.”

“That doesn’t mean it isn’t true. The Shining Isle exists as surely as the floor you’re standing on.  It may be hard to believe, but it’s real, I tell you. Sometimes in the middle of the night, the sun can seem like it was only ever a dream. We need something to remind us that it still exists, even if we can’t see it. We need something beautiful hanging in the dark sky to remind us there is such a thing as daylight. Sometimes, Jane”—Peter strummed his whistleharp—"music is the moon.”

A few minutes later, after Jane had shared with him some surprising and encouraging news, he said to her, “You’re a moon in the dark, Jane Brown.”

I would love for these emails to be like a moon in the dark, reminding me and reminding you that God is real, he can be trusted, and that through a relationship with Jesus you and I are sons and daughters of the king. Those things can be hard to remember sometimes. 

Even in our imperfections and struggles, in each stage and season, God is for us.  He never leaves us. If you are like me, you frequently need new reminders to trust in the God that I cannot see. I hope that you will join me in the journey!

In Him,

Ellen

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."  Hebrews 11:1 NASB