Show Notes
A five-minute Christian meditation and lectio divina practice on Genesis 15:5, with a reading from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King. Day 27 of the Unseen Existences series.
Scripture Genesis 15:5 (NRSVUE) He brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
Refrain Hope returns when I look up.
Quote J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Return of the King "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." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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