On a Hill Far Away

A sense of loneliness is what came across me, as a reader, of the little boy’s character. Belonging to a devoted Christian family, the boy was raised in the Lord’s presence. His father and mother had leaded him His path throughout his life, and even a sign on their property read “CHRIST THE LORD IN OUR SALVATION”. Although this companionship must have been enough to ride his solitary ways, the boy in fact was very solitary. As an only child, he lived “on the hilltop” surrounded by “horses” and a “foal”, as far as “120 miles” from the nearest Christian church. When the speaker met him at the barbed wire, the boy kept arousing conversation to avoid her departure. Every time she would mention “I have to go”, he would commence a new topic in order to prolong her stay. This behavior just proves this little boy’s loneliness. Contrary to what we’d like to think, the company of God, although magnificent to have, isn’t our only need. Of course we need Him to provide us the proper guides to life; however, in His abstractness, we require of someone more concrete with whom we’re able to converse, play and hug. As the speaker noticed, “the accustomed gesture of his lips resembled that of a person trying not to cry”. The boy is lonely, so “miserably” lonely. Though he has God and his family by his side, he has no one else, and this makes him sad.