I have just finished Prince Caspian fromThe Chronicles of Narnia. I have never read it before. Years ago I read the first three books but never enjoyed them a lot. I did love how the children in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe interacted with Aslan, who is the Christ figure in the books. They love him and bury their faces in his mane. They crawl on his back and ride him. When we took all the kids to see the movie, Jared and Whitney groaned quite loudly at the much over quoted line about "Is Aslan tame? No he is wild but he is good. " It was such a great line from C.S. Lewis to describe Christ and my kids are groaning at it. What a hoot.
Well there is a line from this book like that struck me today. Maybe someday it will be over quoted too. The children have just seen Aslan after not seeing him for a very long time. At first Lucy is the only one to see him because she has a childlike faith. Finally they all see him in his glory. "Now Aslan had stopped and turned and stood facing them, looking so majestic that they felt as glad as anyone can feel who feels afraid, and as afraid as anyone can who feels glad."
I just love that! I hope that is how I will feel when I see Jesus, overwhelmed with joy and fear. The oldest girl, Susan approached Aslan with tears because she was the last to see him. Aslan says to her, "You have listened to fears, child. Come let me breathe on you. Forget them."
I listen to my fears but I wish to be more like Lucy.
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is IS a great line :-p just quoted a lot by certain people.
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Great Post K. I hope that you will you experience His breath on you in ways that let you forget your fears.
I look forward to reading more of your thoughts on this blog!
Welcome to the blogworld girl. I look forward to more thoughts!
And oh, if we could all be more like Lucy.
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