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I spent much of my youth buried under stacks of comic books. Any story involving far off places and fantastical characters I latched onto. Years later I realized the novels, and movies, which impacted me on the deepest level had a spiritual component to them. Whether it was four evacuee children trapped in the snow covered wasteland of Narnia, or hobbits roaming  the scorched topography of Middle Earth, or a young farm boy looking to escape the desert planet of Tatooine.  ​All of the hero's relied on a power beyond this world. Looking back I realize that my youthful obsession with these stories was, in fact, a longing for the Divine.

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Reality soon pushed these passions aside and I became what's known in some circles as an "adult". I knew there was something more than a 9-5 job and a 401k. There had to be. Long story short, I eventually gave my heart to God.

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Today, I write novels with a Christian perspective. Like the stories of my youth, I enjoy tales with an otherworldly component to them. Secular novels that focus on "man" trying to fix "man's problems" simply hold no allure for me. We are here for a blink of an eye and then gone. A true "Happily Ever After" is only attained with an eternal perspective.

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It is a mathematical certainty we will all face death one day. Take a moment and consider this. Some may believe they can delay pondering this scenario until old age, but tomorrow is not a guarantee. At forty-five, I'm shocked at how many of my childhood peers have already passed on to eternity.

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Romans 10:9 states, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." 

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It's that simple. 

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John Theo

October 24, 2017

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