“If you want to know, I felt as if I hadn’t got nothing on, and I didn’t like it. She seemed to be looking inside me and asking me what I would do if she gave me the chance of flying back home to the Shire to a nice little hole–with a bit of garden of my own.”
Sam Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
One of the most beautiful attributes of our great God is His understanding of us. He understands us better than we understand ourselves. He knows when we are behaving in love, in pride, or in a strange combination of both. What may look to the rest of you like my generosity may just be my own desire that you see me as generous. I am a complex jumble of motives. Sorting them out would be like trying to put a plate of spaghetti in order. God sees me clearly. Continue reading “Fruit, Spaghetti, and Naked Gardeners on a Quest”