That quotation has been ringing in my head since last night when once again, I was not able to fall asleep. I quite literally tear up every time I think about it. (The quote.) "FORTH! and fear NO darkness!" The Lord really can speak through anything, even a novel. Though The Lord of the Rings really is much more than a novel. I can't really even describe why this quote seems to be meaning SO much to me at the moment. Maybe it's a preparation for some serious test. I find myself shrinking from the thought that there is great pain ahead and a need to hear a clear voice calling to STAND and not be over taken with fear of the test/night/affliction/fire/darkness/evil. But I do know that if there is such a test around the corner, that I will be able to stand, to go forth, to hold on, to remain and hold fast to the vision. Because of the very fact that the Lord promices not to utterly destroy us in the fire. I'll be burnt and purified and softened and molded, but not destroyed.
There seems to be alot happening in the spirit at the moment. I mean there have been lots of elder's meetings and things have been fairly heavy. I don't know what the meetings are about and who is involved in them, but it seems that something rather serious is happening. No one really seems to know what about. At least those that I have talked to.
We'll see.
