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\nWherever Valentine\u2019s Day is celebrated throughout the world, many anticipate a day of disappointment or the painful disillusionment of unrequited love. Even for those who want to celebrate love, expectations can be dashed in a sea of unfulfilled hope. But we can make distinct choices to have a good day. How? Perhaps a story can help.<\/p>\n
In The Tower of Geburah,<\/em> three children are introduced as \u201cbored.\u201d After author John White transports Wesley, Kurt, and Lisa from Canada to the unknown world of Anthropos, their lives quickly become anything but boring. One moment, the gloomy children are in their Uncle John\u2019s attic fiddling with dials on old TV sets (instinctively knowing they shouldn\u2019t), and the next, they begin seeing strange pictures of another world. When Lisa\u2019s brothers attempted to stop her from reaching into an image of a man in a dungeon, she suddenly disappeared into the TV. Desperate to rescue her, Wesley and Kurt kept adjusting TV dials until they, too, disappear\u2014into a different image.<\/p>\n In Anthropos, the three children experienced continual disappointments\u2014yet saved a kingdom in the end. Sometimes a story helps us stretch our imaginations. As G. K. Chesterton said, \u201cFairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.\u201d<\/p>\n Like Lisa, we often can’t understand what’s happening\u2014or why. After suddenly being transported into Geburah, Lisa didn\u2019t know where she was and, instead of asking for help, tried to figure life out on her own. When captured by an evil jinn, she said, \u201cI wish you looked like my Uncle John. I\u2019d feel better if you did.\u201d Immediately, her Uncle John appeared, and Lisa asked him to take her home. When \u201cUncle John\u201d said nothing, Lisa clung to him until he explained, \u201cI have no home. I\u2019m not your real Uncle John. I\u2019m just the wish you asked for.\u201d Then Lisa \u201cflung herself headlong at his feet, beating her fists…in a storm of weeping.\u201d The figure who looked like Uncle John reminded her of the food the jinn brought her. \u201cWas it real food?\u201d he asked. \u201cIt tasted<\/em> real,\u201d Lisa responded. He continued, \u201cDid it satisfy your hunger?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d Lisa admitted. \u201cListen, Lisa, he said, \u201cI cannot satisfy your heart like your real Uncle John either. I too am only a wish. I\u2019m your wish for Uncle John.\u201d<\/p>\n When we seek satisfaction in \u201cwish food,\u201d whether on Valentine\u2019s Day or any other day, we feel more famished than we were before we ate. Placing our hope in the world, our hopes can easily be dashed, our dreams shattered. The psalmist encourages us to \u201ctaste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!\u201d (Psalm 34:8, ESV). The TPT version says, \u201cDrink deeply of the pleasures of this God. Experience for yourself the joyous mercies he gives to all who turn to hide themselves in him.\u201d<\/p>\n What do you have to lose? Look to God for peace, and the clamor of the world\u2019s battles dims in the magnificence of His unfailing love. You can dive into the depths of His love every day simply by reading His Word, the Bible. The gospel of John is a good starting point\u2014the greatest love story ever told!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\n\t\tSubscribe on YouTube\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t