![]() ![]() They must decide if they will fight on despite the seeming hopelessness of their situation, or if they will surrender to the enclosing darkness. ![]() ![]() They face hardship and wrestle with betrayal. They have seen many victories, but the ultimate victory-the Mended Wood–still eludes them. Our hero and heroine, siblings Picket and Heather Longtreader, are in the middle of their story. And that is what I was thinking when I first read Ember Falls, the second book in The Green Ember series by S.D. The middle of the story is hard-in real life and in fiction. This world, these headlines, this darkness surrounding us-it is not the end. I hope in Christ and trust that, because of His life, death, and resurrection, evil will be defeated and true justice and mercy will ultimately prevail. As a Christian, I have a very real faith that all will be restored and set right. When I get lost in those moments of hopelessness and fear, it is usually because I have briefly forgotten an important truth: we are living in the middle of the story. Sometimes, especially when I think about my children and the world they are inheriting, I can tend to despair and lose hope. Turn on the news for even just a few seconds and it is hard to deny that we are living in perilous times. ![]() It means to bear the fatal flames of the enemy, to bear up under the scorching heat of these hateful days.” “To bear the flame means more than only holding on to the fire kindled in the Green Ember’s rising. ![]()
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