Our Ultimate Supernatural Hero

We all look for supernatural heroes and events, the unexplainable, in our lives and in our world. Some have been around for ages, like Paul Bunyan. The more common of our heroes are Superman and Spiderman, and lately Harry Potter.

The supernatural can also ignite our faith. That is why I wrote the Christian children’s fantasy novel, The Lion Tree and am now in the process of writing the sequel, Battle in The Lion Tree. In it, the main characters, Darian and Cassidy, find themselves in crave difficulties. God puts three supernatural heroes in their lives to guide them to victory and success. They live in a tree, like Shrek, but their purpose is quite different. The animals in the Lion Tree are put there primarily for Darian and Cassidy and have God’s answer to their problems.

Jesus used His miracles as signs to prove that He is the Son of God. Do you notice he didn’t do miracles to be flamboyant? His miracles were done out of a heart of love. With them He met people’s needs, healing them, and providing them with the necessities of life, bread and drink; in this account, wine at a wedding reception.

Sometimes it is the supernatural miracles that Jesus did and still does today that draw people’s attention to Him. But the ultimate end is finding a deep personal relationship with Him. He died, arose from the dead, and is now in heaven interceding for us. One day we too will be immortal like Him and live eternally in heaven with Him.

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a mighty shout and with the soul-stirring cry of the archangel and the great trumpet-call of God. And the believers who are dead will be the first to rise to meet the Lord. Then we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. So comfort and encourage each other with this news.” 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 to 18 [The Living Bible]

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I want to walk with you spiritually this year, inviting you to read the Bible through from cover to cover; from Genesis 1 all the way to Revelation 22:21. If that sounds too difficult for you and your kids, you can join in again after you have taken a break or join us for the days you’re up to it. I promise that you will understand the Bible in a much deeper way if you read it through from cover to cover in a year’s time.

Accept my challenge to read the Bible through in one year chronologically, including the Old and the New Testament.

Today read:
Judges 15:1-16:31
John 2:1-25
Psalm 103:1-22
Proverbs 14:17-19

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