Oh, the journey's we will take...

Excerpts from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Chronicles of Narnia by Clyde Staples Lewis

" 'But who is Aslan? Do you know him?' / 'Well--he knows me,' said Edmund. 'He is the great Lion, the son of the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea, who saved me and saved Narnia. We've all seen him. Lucy sees him most often. And it may be Aslan's country we are sailing to.' " p 110-111

How blessed we are the God knows us!! And those that don't know Him, how He desires for them to know Him...

"and she ran forward with a little cry of delight and with her arms stretched out. For what stood in the doorway was Aslan himself, The Lion, the highest of all High Kings. And he was solid and real and warm and he let her kiss him and bury herself in his shining mane. And from the low, earthquake like sound that came from inside him, Lucy even dared to think that he was purring. / 'Oh, Aslan,' said she, 'it was kind of you to com.' / 'I have been here all the time,' said he, 'but you have just made me visible.' / 'Aslan!' said Lucy almost a little reproachfully. 'Don't make fun of me. As if anything I could do would make you visible!' / 'It did,' said Aslan. 'Do you think I wouldn't obey my own rules?' " p. 158-159

" 'Why is it called Aslan's table?' asked Lucy presently. / 'It is set here by his bidding,' said the girl, 'for those who come so far. Some call this island the World's End, for though you can sail further, this is the beginning of the end.' / 'But how does the food keep?' asked the practical Eustace. / 'It is eaten, and renewed every day,' said the girl. 'this you will see.' " p. 202

Oh how blessed we are to have a Father that wants to provide for us!! Today at Church we read the story of Isaac and Abraham for the Christmas sermon, and how God is a God of ALL provisions- He wants to provide the provisions for us!! Come, let us eat and drink and be filled by the gifts of God!!!!

" 'Please, Lamb,' said Lucy, 'is this nthe way to Aslan's country?' / 'Not for you,' said the Lamb. 'for you the door into Aslan's country is from your own world.' / 'what!' said Edmund. 'Is there a way into Aslan's country from our world too?' / 'There is a way into my country from all the worlds,' said the Lamb; " p. 246

God wants us to find Jesus, and hence have a way to heaven!! How GOOD our God IS !!

How Great God is!

Prince Caspian The Chronicles' of Narnia

. "oh joy! For he was there: the huge Lion, shining white in the moonlight, with his huge black shadow underneath him.
. But for the movement of his tail he might have been a stone lion, but Lucy never thought of that. She never stopped to think whether he was a friendly lion or not. She rushed to him. She felt her heart would burst if she lost a moment. And the next thing she knew was that she was kissing him and putting her arms as far round his neck as she could and burying her face in the beautiful rich silkiness of his mane.
. 'Aslan, Aslan. Dear Aslan,' sobbed Lucy. 'At last.'
. The great beast rolled over on his side so that Lucy fell, half sitting and half lying between his front paws. He bent forward and just touched her nose with his tongue. His warm breath came all round her. She gazed up into the large wise face.
. 'Welcome, child," he said.
. 'Aslan,' said Lucy, 'you're bigger.'
. 'That is because you are older, little one,' answered he.
. 'Not because you are?'
. 'I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.' " (p 141)

Oh, how I long to run to Jesus... I wish we all greeted Him this way every time we came to worship Him!!
And how true it is that every year the cross becomes bigger as we learn and understand more how much the grace of God shines!!!!!!

. And so at last they got on the move. Lucy went first, biting her lip and trying not to say all the things she thought of saying to Susan. But she forgot them when she fixed her eyes on Aslan. He turned and walked at a slow pace about thirty yards ahead of them. The others had only Lucy's directions to guide them, for Aslan was not only invisible to them but silent as well. His big cat-like paws made no noise on the grass. (p 149)

All those mean thoughts will just disappear as long as we focus on Jesus!!!
Let us NOT lose sight of HIM!!
How AWESOME HE IS!!!
And let us live as Christ followers so that the non-Christians of our world will have a witness and example to follow, but remain humble because it is ONLY because of GOD that we have the hope through JESUS!
Praise God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!

God has blessed us on Earth

Just some truths from my reading the Chronicle's of Narnia, The Magician's Nephew, which is allegorical to creation... (Book 1 of the series) I think you can figure out the richness of the allegories on your own...

" But though Digory could no longer hear the Lion, he could see it. It was so big and so bright that he could not take his eyes off it. The other animals did not appear to be afraid of it. " (p 124)

" 'Creatures, I give you yourselves,' said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. 'I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself. The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways lest you cease to be Talking Beasts. For out of them you were taken and into them you can return. Do not so.' " (p 128)

" 'My children,' said Aslan, fixing his eyes on both of them, 'you are to be the first King and Queen of Narnia.'
The Cabby opened his mouth in astonishment, and his wife turned very red.
'You shall rule and name all these creatures, and do justice among them, and protect them from their enemies when enemies arise. And enemies will arise, for there is an evil Witch in this world.'
The Cabby swallowed hard two or three times and cleared his throat.
'Begging your pardon, sir,' he said, 'and thanking you very much I'm sure (which y Missus does the same) but I ain't no sort of chap for a job like that. I never 'ad much eddycation, you see.'
'Well,' said Aslan, 'can you use a spade and a plow and raise food out of the earth?'
'Yes, sir, I could do a bit of that sort of work: being brought up to it, like.'
'Can you rule these creatures kindly and fairly, remmbering that they are not slaves like the dumb beasts of the world you were born in, but Talking Beasts and free subjects?'
'I see that, sir,' replied the Cabby. 'I'd try to do the square thing by them all.'
'And would you bring up your children and grandchildren to do the same?'
'It'd be up to me to try, sir. I'd do my best: wouldn't we, Nellie?'
'And you wouldn't have favorietes either among your own children or among the other creatures or let any hold another under or use it hardly?'
'I never could abide such goings on, sir, and that's the truth. I'd give 'em what for if I caught 'em at it,' said the Cabby...
'And if enemies came against the land (for enemies will arise) and there was war, would you be the first in the charge and the last in the retreat?'
'Well, sir,' said the Cabby very slowly, 'a chap don't exactly know till he's been tried. I dare say I might turn out eer such a soft 'un. Never did no fighting except with my fists. I'd try--that is, I 'ope I'd try--to do my bit.'
'Then,' said Aslan, 'you will have done all that a King should do.' " (p 151-152)

" He knew which was the right tree at once, partly because it stood in the very center and partly because the great silver apples with which it was loaded shone so and cast a light of their own down on the shadowy places where the sunlight did not reach. He walked straight across to it, picked an apple, and put it in the breast pocket of his Norfolk jacket. But he couldn't help looking at it and smelling it before he put it away.
It would have been better if he had not. A terrible thirst and hunger came over him and a longing to taste that fruit. He put it hastily into his pocket; but there were plenty of others. Could it be wrong to taste one? After all, he thought, the notice on the gate might not have been exactly an order; it might have been only a piece of advice-- and who cares about advice? Or even if it were an order, would he be disobeying it by eating an apple? He had already obeyed the part about taking one 'for others.'
While he was thinking of all this he happened to look up though the branches toward the top of the tree. There, on a branch above his head, a wonderful bird was roosting. I say 'roosting' because it seemed almost asleep; perhaps not quite. the tiniest slit of one eye was open. it was larger than an eagle, its breast saffron, its head crested with scarlet, and its tail purple.
'And it just shows,' said Digory afterward when he was telling the story to the others, 'that you can't be too careful in these magical places. You never know what may be watching you.' " (p 172-173)

Free in Christ; trust in Christ

I have been reading through the Chronicles' of Narnia, and these are some things that stuck out to me in the book The Horse and His Boy (Book 3 of the series).

" 'I say,' put in Shasta in rather a shocked voice, 'oughtn't you to say 'may he live forever?'
'Why?' asked the Horse. 'I'm a free Narnian. And why should I talk slaves' and fools' talk?' I don't want him to live forever, and I know that he's not going to live forever whether I want him to or not. And I can see you're from the free North too. No more of this Southern jargon between you and me!' " (p 14)

How awesome that as Christians we are free!!!!!!!!!! However, because we are free doesn't mean that God hasn't given us very specific rules for us to follow- His law is first...
ESPECIALLY, Love one another as Christ FIRST loved us!

" 'Daughter,' said the Hermit, 'I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never yet met any such thing as Luck. There is something about all this that I do not understand: but if ever we need to know it, you may be sure that we shall.' " (p 148)

I'm so glad that God is in complete control... I will trust in Him, and when He is ready for me to know His will, He will reveal it to me, but ONLY in HIS timing!

CS Lewis was a genius...