We all know the morals taught by Snow White’s tale: don’t be vain, don’t be jealous. Those are good lessons to learn, but God never sought moralists; He has always sought hearts. But there is another seeking hearts – another bent upon destroying hearts. Through Snow White’s heartbreaking tale, God shows us there is an Enemy seeking to destroy us, an Enemy who will stop at nothing to make sure we suffer and that our hearts turn to despair. And yet…as we see in Snow White’s story, the Enemy is always vanquished and Snow White always lives.
So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family. ~ Ruth 2:3 Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. ~ Ruth 4:13a You’d think that was the end Read more…
“For the LORD will vindicate His people, and will have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their strength is gone, and there is none remaining, bond or free.” ~ Deuteronomy 32:36 We left Vilfridr last week in a state of contentment. Not joy, mind you; merely content. Her Read more…
“I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens Read more…
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. ~ Ephesians 6:12 Laden with gold from the dwarves’ home, Vilfridr goes to Saxland with the Read more…
“Vilfridr soon felt the pangs of the tightening belt, and after suffering dreadful tortures and agonies, was found in a death-swoon by the dwarfs, when they came home.”[1] “When she awoke, she asked where the dwarfs were. Of this the king knew nothing. He now walked, at Vilfridr’s request, a Read more…
“As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.” The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods! For the Lord our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt” ~ Joshua 24:15b-17a, The Israelites did what was evil in Read more…
Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. Seeing the basket among the reeds, she sent her slave girl to get it. When she opened it, she saw the child—a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This Read more…
For our next tale, we’ll travel to the far north, to the cold but exotic land of Iceland. Iceland is unique among storytellers, for it has a history of recording oral tales accurately over long periods of time. Also, Iceland is rather far from everything, which allows the tales Read more…
Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers ~ Genesis 42:6-7 Joseph and his father’s household Read more…
So Joseph was there in prison. But the Lord was with Joseph… ~ Genesis 39:20b-21a We’re going to stay in Greece for our next story, as it connects Psyche’s story to the Snow White tales quite nicely. I should warn you however: I’m going to end the tale today at Read more…