Life for most of us feels like a movie we've arrived to 40 minutes late.

Sure good things happen, sometimes beautiful things.

But tragic things happen too.

What does it all mean?

We find ourselves in the middle of a story

that is sometimes wonderful, sometimes awful,

usually a confusing mixture of both,

and we haven't a clue how to make sense of it all.

No wonder we keep losing heart. We need to know the

rest of the story. For when we were born, we were born into the middle of a great

story begun before the dawn of time, a story of adventure, of risk. great story

of adventure, of risk and loss,

heroism and betrayal.

A story where good is warring against evil.

Danger lurks around every corner. And glorious deeds, wait to be done.

Think of all those stories you've ever loved. There's a reason they stirred your heart.

They've been trying to tell you about the true epic ever since you were young.

There is a larger story and you have a crucial role to play.

That's from the back cover of John Eldridge's book Epic.

I'm Alan Arnold and you're listening to the Ransomed Heart podcast.

In this week's podcast, we wanted to do something special.

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