Sunday Sayings

I would like to apologize if, by the time I finish writing this post, it is already Monday morning (a.k.a. after midnight).
I would make this short and sweet, but this is something that has been weighing on my mind a bit recently and so I think that I need to share it.
Today's Sunday Saying, and the thing that got me thinking, is:
I know that this quote refers to the fact that, though we live in a human world, we are God's children and that those who are true followers and believers in God do not belong in this world, but rather with God in heaven. And when I thought about it, I realized that I related completely with this.
And then I recalled the testimony which I wrote last year about escapism and realizing that God is the only escape I can truly find from this world.
In this testimony, I realized a desire which had formed in me at a young age, but reading this quote made it all the more clear to me. Interestingly enough, this desire began when I read Lewis' Narnia series at the age of 10. When I came across the world of fantasy, I fell in love. Fellow readers will clearly understand the joys of exploring my worlda and stories and characters outside of ourselves, but I always felt a special draw to fantasy. I remember thinking, when I was young, that I felt more like I belonged in these worlds of fiction than in my own, or that perhaps I was born at the wrong point in time. I no longer believe this to be true, because I know that God puts us right where we need to be at the exact time we need to be there. However, I realize now that the pull of these fantasy worlds and ancient/historic settings (like your typical medieval fantasy realm) was actually due to the fact that I was trying to find stories and places that satisfied desires that this world could not meet. 
The obsession, and my youthful innocence, blinded me from the fact that I was looking for belonging in all the wrong places. Don't get me wrong, I still love fantasy and will always feel a strong connection to those worlds. The problem is that fantasy is just that: fantasy and not reality. But God is real, and though I don't belong in this world, I do belong in his. And when I am finally with God, I will no longer need to escape into a good fiction to feel like I can experience the things that reality cannot give me. Instead, I will have everything I could ever want with God.

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