Comments on: The Call http://www.jevlir.com/?p=251 Poetry, fiction, books, and fun. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:23:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: Henry Neufeld http://www.jevlir.com/?p=251&cpage=1#comment-34702 Henry Neufeld Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:50:10 +0000 http://www.jevlir.com/?p=251#comment-34702 Samantha - in a way, as a writer, that is a question <em>I</em> should ask <em>you</em>, since the message is not conveyed unless it is also received. But your question does suggest to me that you did hear that message in there. I actually had several things in mind in writing that story. And yes, I did have something allegorical in mind. 1. The king might call anyone, whether we think that person is qualified or not. 2. When the king calls, it's not the time to argue, it's the time to go! 3. When the king calls, we don't listen to the nay-sayers who would stop us. We listen to the king (or his messenger). 4. Of course, what you said, when we come up against difficulties, he's there for us. 5. But also--even if the king seems distant, he, or his messengers, may show up at any time. But saying it that way would be boring, so I wrote a story. :-) Samantha – in a way, as a writer, that is a question I should ask you, since the message is not conveyed unless it is also received. But your question does suggest to me that you did hear that message in there.

I actually had several things in mind in writing that story. And yes, I did have something allegorical in mind.

1. The king might call anyone, whether we think that person is qualified or not.
2. When the king calls, it’s not the time to argue, it’s the time to go!
3. When the king calls, we don’t listen to the nay-sayers who would stop us. We listen to the king (or his messenger).
4. Of course, what you said, when we come up against difficulties, he’s there for us.
5. But also–even if the king seems distant, he, or his messengers, may show up at any time.

But saying it that way would be boring, so I wrote a story. :-)

]]> By: Samantha Given http://www.jevlir.com/?p=251&cpage=1#comment-34701 Samantha Given Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:01:52 +0000 http://www.jevlir.com/?p=251#comment-34701 Hi I was just reading over the story 'The Call', does this story convey the message that God as King wants us to follow him, and when we come up against difficulties He is always there and will bring us through? Hi
I was just reading over the story ‘The Call’, does this story convey the message that God as King wants us to follow him, and when we come up against difficulties He is always there and will bring us through?

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