July 1, 2011
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I'm Not Ready
Don't you just love the Chronicles of Narnia? I still pick up our copy (all the books bound in one huge book) and read it over and over again.
There's a particular moment in Prince Caspian that is forever in my heart.
After Aslan returns and the Telmarines are defeated. The battered Kings and Queens of Narnia bow in front of Aslan.
Aslan says to them, "Rise Kings and Queens of Narnia..." Everyone rises except Prince Caspian. "... all of you."
This is the part that is so profound. If you blinked during the movie you might have missed it or if you were reading you might have read right over it.
Caspian says, "But I'm not ready!"
Aslan, "And that's exactly how I know you are."Seriously, C.S. Lewis! That's profound.
It's the things God asks of us that are too big, the things we just aren't qualified for, those are exactly what he's called us to do. Why? Because we need him. We can't do it on our own. He never meant for us to.
You're not ready? That's exactly how He knows you are.
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i need to reread all the chronicles of Narnia. I took a course in school in which we studied a fair amount of the writing of CS Lewis and it was such a fantastic course
but as a young adult when I read it there were so many nuances that I understood so much better. i haven't watched the two new instalments of the Narnia series...but i loved the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. one of my favourite books was the Horse and His Boy and i hope that they do a good job of it if they are going to include it in the series...it had so many amazing nuances in it....
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