What’s that sword analogy? The one where you put metal in fire and beat the crap out of it and somehow it comes out looking beautiful and fierce? It tells a story of trial and pain, only to come out as a powerful weapon to use on the enemy? I’d like that to be the analogy I use. Beauty from ashes is sweet, but I want to be a sword. I want God to use the fire and the hammer to make me into a fierce weapon that is used against the Enemy for the Kingdom.
I watched Lord of the Rings earlier this week for the first time in many years…I felt like going out and kicking some butt after…but I didn’t. Epic movies make me want to be valiant, but I’m not. Perhaps the Word of God could evoke such a desire in me? I’d like that…I’d like God to make me a new person who is a warrior, not a couch potato. But a warrior who still likes TV and potatoes, obviously.
When the battle rages on, I want to be in it…not watching it…like Joan of Arc (actually, I know almost nothing about her, so hopefully she was really cool and not super lame).
