Okie-Dokie, so last night I was watchin' Lord of the Rings (LOTR) in honor of Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday. I was watching the scene with his birthday party, one of my favorites because you meet Merry and Pippin and they're some of coolest hobbits ever! Anyway after Bilbo gives his "Farewell speech" (that contains a great opening, "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like half of you half as well as you deserve.") he goes back to his home with the ring on and Gandalf is there. Bilbo is about to leave, when Gandalf asks him if he's planning on taking the ring with him. Bilbo says that he is leaving the ring, then he realizes that the ring is in his pocket. Bilbo and Gandalf argue about whether or not Bilbo should leave the ring. Finally Bilbo yells at Gandalf "You want it for yourself!" To which Gandalf replies "Bilbo Baggins! Don't take me for some conjurer of cheap tricks! I am not trying to rob you!...... I'm trying to help you." At this point Bilbo realizes that when Gandalf says to leave the ring behind, it's for his own good, because he cares for Bilbo. Gandalf also knows that if he keeps the ring, it will destroy him. He also tells Bilbo, "All these years we've been friends, tell me, did I ever once steer you wrong? Let it go." So what's the analogy, it's sometimes the same with us and God.
We can have something our own personal "ring" that we have grown so fond of, but we love it so much we don't realize the damage it's doing to us. Then God comes and tells us to get rid of it, and we get upset because we think God is trying to keep us from fun, or whatever. We don't see the danger, but God does. And when we get mad at him for stopping us, he says "I am not trying to rob you.... I'm trying to help you." God knows it'll destroy us, and he doesn't want it to happen because he loves. Sometimes we respond like Bilbo and say, "Yep God your right." But sometimes we might not, and if we don't it could lead to our destruction, or the destruction of others. (Like Gollum) Bilbo also trusted Gandalf and trusted that Gandalf knew what he was doing, and it ended up saving him. It's the same with God, if we trust him, (because he has never steered anybody wrong) we will end up living "Happily ever after" just like Bilbo.
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yet one more reason to love LOTR...right? Thanks for sharing!
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