{"id":7033524,"date":"2026-08-08T11:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/living-the-heroic-life-what-we-need-to-teach-our-kids\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:12:29","slug":"living-the-heroic-life-what-we-need-to-teach-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7033524","title":{"rendered":"Living the Heroic Life: What we need to teach our kids…"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Often our lives can seem boring and unimportant. What we do each day may appear to be meaningless and have no greater impact.<\/p>\n

Yet, the exact opposite is true.<\/p>\n

Our lives do<\/em> have meaning and purpose and every choice we make has infinite consequences.<\/p>\n

We live right now inside a much bigger Story and our lives are all interconnected. What we do (as well as what we do not<\/em> do), affects other people\u2019s lives, which then has a domino effect across the world and into the future.<\/p>\n

Nothing is wasted in the eyes of God.<\/p>\n

The problem is that right now we are IN the story and we don\u2019t always know it. We don\u2019t know the end, or how everything will get resolved.<\/p>\n

It reminds me of a passage from The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, where Sam and Frodo talk about this precise issue:<\/p>\n

I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. <\/em>We\u2019re in one<\/strong><\/em>, of course, but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: \u201cLet\u2019s hear about Frodo and the Ring!\u201d And they will say: \u201cYes, that\u2019s one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, wasn\u2019t he, dad?\u201d \u201cYes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that\u2019s saying a lot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But you\u2019ve left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the stouthearted. \u201cI want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn\u2019t they put in more of his talk, dad? That\u2019s what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn\u2019t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?\u201d\u2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever thought about this reality, that you are IN a story? Or that some day stories will be written about you or told at the fireside?<\/p>\n

What will your children say, or grandchildren say to the next generation about you?<\/p>\n

This is something we all need to contemplate, as well as teach to our children, nieces and nephews. That they are currently IN a story and its up to them whether they will be the HERO and take up call the call to adventure.<\/p>\n

Sometimes adventure won\u2019t seem so glamorous, such as taking out the garbage or changing a baby\u2019s diaper. Yet, the biggest adventure is simply responding to God\u2019s call each and every day, following His will, no matter how mundane it may appear.<\/p>\n

This reality is one of the biggest driving principles behind VOYAGE and why we feature a variety of HEROES in our comic books.<\/p>\n

We want kids of every age to be inspired to BE THE HERO, and to think about what God is calling them to do in their lives.<\/p>\n

We all need stories like these, because they remind us that life is a STORY and that we are currently in one right now.<\/p>\n


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