But now Iluvatar sat and hearkened, and for a great while it seemed good to him, for in the music there were no flaws. But as the theme progressed, it came into the heart of Melkor to interweave matters of his own imagining that were not in accord with the theme of Iluvatar; for he sought therein to increase the power and glory of the part assigned to himself...for desire grew hot within him to bring into Being things of his own...
Some of these thoughts he [Melkor] now wove into his music, and straightway discord arose about him, and many that sang nigh him grew despondent, and their thought was disturbed and their music faltered...then the discord of Melkor spread ever wider, and the melodies which had been heard before foundered in a sea of turbulent sound...
Then Iluvatar arose, and the Ainur perceived that he smiled; and he lifted up his left hand, and a new theme began amid the storm, like and yet unlike to the former theme, and it gathered power and had new beauty. But the discord of Melkor rose in uproar and contended with it, and again there was a war of sound more violent than before...
Then Iluvatar spoke, and he said: 'Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor; but that he may know, and all the Ainur, that I am Iluvatar, those things that ye have sung, I will show them forth, that ye may see what ye have done. And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.' (from Tolkien's Silmarillion)
Does that story sound like another story you know? Another story you're a part of perhaps? I'm so thankful for the great redemptive work of Christ that is changing all the horrible effects of the fall into a glorious and good end. Be encouraged.
But You, O LORD, are a shield about me,
My Glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Psalm 3:3 -
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