This is taken from another blog of mine, date of September 3, 2016, and edited somewhat.
A raw thought from watching Lord of the Rings just now-
Gimli reminds me of a person who is reluctant, due to misconceptions, to come to God, but in the end, becomes enamoured with Him.
He dislikes the Elves, and is very distrusting of them, and he believes Galadriel is basically a witch. Then he meets Galadriel and is transformed: he respects her, and sees her as the most beautiful and good (not requiring romantic affection, O Modern People). It is very like how we close-minded humans are skeptical of God- superstitiously suspicious of God’s goodness, looking at the good things of God as unrealistic (unlikely); even treacherous.
But then you know Him, and you see that, though in some ways you may have been right, He is good; the things you suspected really were true and good are His things, and He is Beauty Incarnate.
It is amusing how stubbornly Gimli defends Galadriel’s honour against Eomer in the Two Towers. An unlikely outcome, yet more realistic, because things are not always as they seem.
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