The story was very typical of an Adventures in Odyssey novel. It moves at a brisk pace, interjecting history and action with a Biblical moral. I enjoyed reading this to Megan because the storyline was about a quest a knight is on for a king. It gives a glimpse into having a kingdom mentality, not just an earthly one.
Probably my favorite line in the book was in the last chapter as Mark, the main character, returns from his adventure and tells Whit that it felt as if his adventure were the real world and the real world was make-believe. Whit responds by stating that this world is a temporary stage, and we need to set our sights on the eternal one.
Sometimes it feels like that to anyone caught up in a great book. Sometimes it feels that way looking at an old photo album or watching a well-made movie. We get caught up in a different place. I wonder if heaven will feel that same way, with it seeming more real than our earthly life, as if this life and time is a story.
I love expanding my imagination and the imaginations of my children. How else can we read about heaven and see a glimpse of what it will hold? How else can we see the stories in the Bible if we can't imagine the waves on the Sea of Galilee, breath coming into Lazarus, the agony on the face of Jesus at His crucifixion, the joy on the disciples faces as Jesus breathed on them?
As we read aloud a variety of books, I know it is preparation for the journey God has for us.
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