A Star Wars Fan's Hesitant Confession

I recently watched my first Star Trek film ever.  It was the one with the whales (why in the world was it whales, anyway?).  AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!  Yes, I am a Star Wars fan through and through and nothing can compare with John Williams' mind-blowing genius soundtracks.  But I have to admit that I could get into Star Trek a little bit, just to get more of Spock.  I have officially added him to my list of favorite characters of all time, and I've only seen one show with him in it.  But I can tell that I will like him a lot more once I watch some more, and I will because I enjoyed his character so much.  He's joined a high-standards list containing Sherlock Holmes, Gandalf, Treebeard, Han Solo, Brom, Qui-Gon Jinn, and many, many others that I cannot name right now because I can't remember them all.  Perhaps I'll just write up another post at some other time when I can consolidate and specify these better.
In any case, this is the confession of a Star Wars fan:  Spock is pretty cool.

Spiritual Thought #some-odd

Legolas said, in The Two Towers, "Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end."

Lately many people around me have been realizing, or rather recognizing, that the Lord has charge of their life.  They cannot always see which way it is going in the moment, but our Heavenly Father knows.  He answers our prayers when the time is right for his plan.  Our timing doesn't matter.  It doesn't matter when we want it if that is contrary to what God knows is best for us.  Of course, our Father in Heaven loves us so very much and so he always has our best interest on his mind.  This means that what we want right now may not be what he has planned, and so we must be patient and trust in the Lord.  We need to know that the Lord is right, but we need not necessarily how things will work out or exactly what is going to happen.  Have faith and believe, have courage, and keep going.

Who?

Who is an Entist?

 Perhaps Merry and Pippin are!  I wish I were an Entist.

Wisdom From Lord Of The Rings

Yesterday I posted thoughts on some quotes from Lord of the Rings, a fabulous book indeed.  Gandalf the Wizard, Frodo the Hobbit, and Gildor the Elf.  A good array of people who have wise things to say.
The first time I read the book I perceived these quite life-applicable quotes and loved them and wished to record them somewhere, but was engrossed in the reading and finishing of the book and so quickly lost the location of the wisdom.  As I am reading it again, I decided to actually do what I had planned to three years ago and record the quotes and how I find them applicable to our life.
Please join with me in enjoying the Awesomeness of Lord of the Rings as you take in these thoughts.

The Wide World

"And I warn you that peril is now both before you and behind you, and upon either side...
The wide world is all about you:  you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out."

-Gildor

To be of the world is wrong.  It's true, but hard to do because of how hard the world is pushing.  We are told to be in the world but not to partake of it.  Be the example that is there, shining in the darkness.  So as you feel like keeping the world out of your fence, know that you can live in the world and with it, just remember not to live in harmony with its evil.

The Road

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river:  its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.  "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say.  "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."

-Frodo

Each of us has a path we can follow.  We must choose the right path and keep on going, no matter how afraid or discouraged or weary we may be.  It will be hard, and we may not know the right way at first, but we can make it.  There is one Correct Road, then there is the wrong road, the one you don't want to follow because it doesn't take you anywhere.  Make sure you're on the right road when you walk out your door and then all that risking the dangers of the world will be worth it.

Our Time

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf,  "and so do all who live to see such times.  But that is not for them to decide.  All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

What is more important than this:  deciding what to do with the time given to us?  Living in the past, wishing we didn't have to do what we need to do, all this is time wasting.  Embrace what you have been given and the trials you have been challenged with and you will be stronger and get the better part in the end.  How have you spent your time?  Will you answer that question with regret?

Are You Bushy?

Bushiness

One of the wonderful words that exist in the English language.

Reminds me of Gandalf

Just a Quote

“Courage can be found in unlikely places”

~Gildor~

(Lord of the Rings)

Don't wait!

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish."

-Lord of the Rings