excerpts from The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
"You mean we might draw a circle on the ground--and write in queer letters in it--and stand inside it--and recite charms and spells?" [Jill Pole]
"Well," said Eustace after he had thought hard for a bit. "I believe that was the sort of thing I was thinking of, though I never did it. But now that it comes to the point, I've an idea that all those circles and things are rather rot. I don't think he'd like them. It would look as if we thought we could make him do things. But really, we can only ask him." p. 8-9
How curious... we often think we can get to heaven on our own works, on our own schemes, but really, it's God's way that will succeed in the end and we can only ask if he will let us into heaven through His Mercy and Grace in His son, Jesus!
"I was wondering--I mean--could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked to come here. Scrubb said we were to call to--to Someobody--it was a name I wouldn't know--and perhaps the Somebody would let us in. And we did, and then we found the door open."
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion.
"Then you are Somebody, Sir?" said Jill.
"I am. And now hear your task. Far from here in the land of Narnia there lives an aged king who is sad because he has no prince of his blood to be king after him. He has no heir because his only son was stolen from him many years ago, and no one in Narnia knows where that prince went or whether he is still alive. But he is. I lay on you this command, that you seek this lost prince until either you have found him and brought him to his father's house, or else died in the attempt, or else gone back to your own world."
"How, please?" said Jill.
"I will tell you, Child," said the Lion. "These are the signs by which I will guide you in your quest. First; as soon as the Boy Eustace sets foot in Narnia, he will meet an old and dear friend. He must greet that friend at once; if he does, you will both have good help. Second; you must journey out of Narnia to the north till you come to the ruined city of the ancient giants. Third; you shall find a writing on a stone in that ruined city, and you must do what the writing tells you. Fourth; you will know the lost prince (if you find him) by this, that he will be the first preson you have met in your travels who will ask you to do something in my name, in the name of Aslan."
As the Lion seemed to have finished, Jill thought she should say something. So she said, "Thank you very much. I see." p. 24-26
How deep... God is Great!! and C.S. Lewis does such a great job relating to the Christian life!!
"Who's There?" Shouted the three travelers.
"I am the Warden of the Marches of Underland, and with me stand a hundred Earthmen in arms," came the reply. "Tell me quickly who you are and what is your errand in the Deep Realm?"
"We fell down by accident," said Puddleglum, truthfully enough.
"Many fall down, and few return to the sunlight lands," said the voice. "Make ready now to come with me to the Queen of the Deep Realm." p140
I pray that we who fall, that is sin... will sincerely repent of our wrong doings, even if it was an accident, but that God would show us how we have missed the mark so that we can get right with Him and have hopes of one day joining Him in the "sunlit lands" of heaven!
"Don't you mind him," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant King caused the letters to be cut, and he knew already all things that would come of them; including this." p154
Aren't we thankful for God guiding our lives, and knowing what choices we will make, that He has gone before ALL of us to prepare the way...
"My royal mother is avenged," siad Rilian presently. "This is undoubtedly the same worm that I pursued in vain by the fountain in the forest of Narnia, so many years ago. All these years I have been the slave of my mother's slayer. Yet I am glad, gentlemen, that the foul Witch took to her serpent form at the last. It would not have suited well either with my heart or with my honor to have slain a woman." p 185
Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit have given us the strength to avenge Eve, and I'm so thankful that He has defeated Satan on the human race's behalf! And gives us the strength to resist evil...
"You cannot want wrong things any more, now that you have died, my son," said Aslan. "And you shall see their world--for five minutes of their time. It will take no longer for you to set things right there." Then Aslan explained to Caspian what Jill and Eustace were going back to and all about Experiment House: he seemed to know it quite as well as they did.
"Daughter," siad Aslan to Jill, "pluck a switch off that bush." She did; and as soon as it was in her hand it turned into a fine new riding crop.
"Now, Sons of Adam, draw your swords," said Aslan. "But use only the flat, for it is cowards and children, not warriors, against whom I send you."
"Are you coming with us, Aslan?" said Jill.
"They shall see only my back," said Aslan. p 240-241
Wow... God is good! and always with us... He has renewed our minds after we die to the flesh so that we can be more like Him and have more of His thoughts for us... Praise be to God!!
"Well," said Eustace after he had thought hard for a bit. "I believe that was the sort of thing I was thinking of, though I never did it. But now that it comes to the point, I've an idea that all those circles and things are rather rot. I don't think he'd like them. It would look as if we thought we could make him do things. But really, we can only ask him." p. 8-9
How curious... we often think we can get to heaven on our own works, on our own schemes, but really, it's God's way that will succeed in the end and we can only ask if he will let us into heaven through His Mercy and Grace in His son, Jesus!
"I was wondering--I mean--could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked to come here. Scrubb said we were to call to--to Someobody--it was a name I wouldn't know--and perhaps the Somebody would let us in. And we did, and then we found the door open."
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion.
"Then you are Somebody, Sir?" said Jill.
"I am. And now hear your task. Far from here in the land of Narnia there lives an aged king who is sad because he has no prince of his blood to be king after him. He has no heir because his only son was stolen from him many years ago, and no one in Narnia knows where that prince went or whether he is still alive. But he is. I lay on you this command, that you seek this lost prince until either you have found him and brought him to his father's house, or else died in the attempt, or else gone back to your own world."
"How, please?" said Jill.
"I will tell you, Child," said the Lion. "These are the signs by which I will guide you in your quest. First; as soon as the Boy Eustace sets foot in Narnia, he will meet an old and dear friend. He must greet that friend at once; if he does, you will both have good help. Second; you must journey out of Narnia to the north till you come to the ruined city of the ancient giants. Third; you shall find a writing on a stone in that ruined city, and you must do what the writing tells you. Fourth; you will know the lost prince (if you find him) by this, that he will be the first preson you have met in your travels who will ask you to do something in my name, in the name of Aslan."
As the Lion seemed to have finished, Jill thought she should say something. So she said, "Thank you very much. I see." p. 24-26
How deep... God is Great!! and C.S. Lewis does such a great job relating to the Christian life!!
"Who's There?" Shouted the three travelers.
"I am the Warden of the Marches of Underland, and with me stand a hundred Earthmen in arms," came the reply. "Tell me quickly who you are and what is your errand in the Deep Realm?"
"We fell down by accident," said Puddleglum, truthfully enough.
"Many fall down, and few return to the sunlight lands," said the voice. "Make ready now to come with me to the Queen of the Deep Realm." p140
I pray that we who fall, that is sin... will sincerely repent of our wrong doings, even if it was an accident, but that God would show us how we have missed the mark so that we can get right with Him and have hopes of one day joining Him in the "sunlit lands" of heaven!
"Don't you mind him," said Puddleglum. "There are no accidents. Our guide is Aslan; and he was there when the giant King caused the letters to be cut, and he knew already all things that would come of them; including this." p154
Aren't we thankful for God guiding our lives, and knowing what choices we will make, that He has gone before ALL of us to prepare the way...
"My royal mother is avenged," siad Rilian presently. "This is undoubtedly the same worm that I pursued in vain by the fountain in the forest of Narnia, so many years ago. All these years I have been the slave of my mother's slayer. Yet I am glad, gentlemen, that the foul Witch took to her serpent form at the last. It would not have suited well either with my heart or with my honor to have slain a woman." p 185
Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit have given us the strength to avenge Eve, and I'm so thankful that He has defeated Satan on the human race's behalf! And gives us the strength to resist evil...
"You cannot want wrong things any more, now that you have died, my son," said Aslan. "And you shall see their world--for five minutes of their time. It will take no longer for you to set things right there." Then Aslan explained to Caspian what Jill and Eustace were going back to and all about Experiment House: he seemed to know it quite as well as they did.
"Daughter," siad Aslan to Jill, "pluck a switch off that bush." She did; and as soon as it was in her hand it turned into a fine new riding crop.
"Now, Sons of Adam, draw your swords," said Aslan. "But use only the flat, for it is cowards and children, not warriors, against whom I send you."
"Are you coming with us, Aslan?" said Jill.
"They shall see only my back," said Aslan. p 240-241
Wow... God is good! and always with us... He has renewed our minds after we die to the flesh so that we can be more like Him and have more of His thoughts for us... Praise be to God!!
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