So far, this has been the bleakest Christmas season of my life. Granted, I'm still quite young but I'm finding myself struggling to find joy yet this season. So, I need something encouraging today.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
This is one of my most favorite moments in The Lord of the Rings. We are Sam, trapped in a shadow covered, forsaken land. Sometimes it feels as if there is no hope. But above that shadow is beauty and goodness. The road ahead is very dark, and we need to continually remind ourselves that this "forsaken land" is not our home.
Nai Eru lye mánata!
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