A Lesson from the Rockbiter

Some may remember the movie called “The Neverending Story” in which a boy finds an extraordinary book in an extraordinary bookstore, which he “borrows” from the store. One of the characters he finds is called the “Rockbiter” who finds sustenance in rocks, and his entire body is made of boulders and stones. He was a giant of a being, and he was as strong and sturdy as a mountain.

“The Nothing” began to sweep through the land, simply sucking everything into a sort of black hole, and it disappeared. As the Nothing came close to where the Rockbiter was located, Rockbiter tried to hold his friends close to him in his hands, but as the nothing came closer they slipped from his grasp.

As the boy came upon him, a single phrase slipped resignedly from the lips of the Rockbiter, “They look like good, strong hands…don’t they?” The Rockbiter continued on recounting the episode to the boy, how he lost his dearest friends, and how he felt his good, strong hands had failed him.

What a sad predicament to be in, placing such trust in that which could never save those dearest to him. Many times we can do the same thing, placing our trust in our money, or in modern sciences, or in our house or our car. During good times, these things may look like good, strong hands, but in the end our soul, that which is truly important, will be lost to the depths of Hell. We must place our trust in the Lord God. He is the One who truly has good, strong hands with which to save us. Trust in the Lord.