Blue

I recently finished reading BLUE by Lou Aronica.  As the book began, I found myself struggling to connect the dots but by the end of the book, the dots had been connected and I found myself evaluating the author's story and the coorelation between their afterlife and the one I am assured of. 

We meet Becky, her father Chris and her mother Polly but we also meet Miea and are introduced to the world of Tamarisk.  Tamarisk is a world created by Chris and Becky during a significant childhood illness.  Chris and Becky created an alternate world in the stories they shared at bedtime or during times of treatment as a way of coping with the pain and suffering.  Tamarisk has some Narnian type characteristic,s in that the world created is entirely different from the world we live in, and yet there are many similarities as well. 

As the story progresses, Becky is now a teenager and once again facing a life threatening illness.  Her parents are divored, as is many times found after dealing with a childhood illness and Becky's relationship with her father has been strained.  Suddenly, Becky is thrust into her childhood stories again, only this time, she is able to actually physically travel to Tamarisk, not just in her imagination.  As she and her father reconnect, it becomes apparent that Becky may not survive and yet because of the world she and her father have created, they have hope.

It is so significant that we have hope as well.  The future we face may be just as short as Becky's or it may be years from now but the reality of life is that it is followed by death.  We have a choice, just like Becky-we may choose somewhere far greater that Tamarisk and the pictures we have of our eternity are just as clearly defined as we read the Word of God.  As you read Blue, ask yourself what the picture you have of your eternity looks like, ask yourself, where your Tamarisk is, ask yourself, if you have hope.  If you answers are not clearly defined, ask another to share with you their hope for eternity.