Friends, welcome to the Ransom Tar podcast, John Eldridge, here the week of

September 18th and I'm literally sitting on the edge of my seat. I am so excited of what I get to

share with you. What I'd like to do over the next couple of weeks is I would love to read

to you some excerpts, some passages from my new book, All Things New, Heaven, Earth, and the Restoration of Everything You Love.

This is a book that I think many of you are familiar with. You may have seen some of the short films

that we've released online and more of those beautiful short films to come. There's actually an 18 minute talk that I gave that you can watch

online as well at all things new.com but you know it's like telling someone about your trip to Hawaii or taking them to Hawaii.

I want to tell you about it.

I want to take you there.

And so I'm going to read to you on the opening chapter here in all things new. Picture a

treasure chest not a small box that might hold jewelry on a girls nightstand, a large treasure chest,

larger than any suitcase you own, larger than any suitcase you've ever seen.

Picture a massive oak treasure chest like pirates might have used, with large iron

hinges and a huge clasp. The size and age and strength of this strongbox says it was made for the most valuable things.

Inside this chest are all of the things you wish could somehow be restored to you.

Everything you've lost, everything you know you will lose.

What fills your treasure chest? Chapter 1.

Is there a hope that really overcomes all this?

It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope, Rabbi Jonathan

Sachs.

The sunrise this morning was filled with such promise. I was standing at the window in the early hours praying,

watching the dawn slowly bathed the hills in a golden light. The forest was utterly still, almost timeless.

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