Dear All:
“If you go back to the others now, and wake them up; and tell them you have seen me again; and that you must all get up at once and follow me—what will happen? There is only one way of finding out.”
“Do you mean that is what you want me to do?” gasped Lucy.
“Yes, little one,” said Aslan.
“Will the others see you too?” asked Lucy.
“Certainly not at first,” said Aslan. “Later on, it depends.”
“But they won’t believe me!” said Lucy.
“It doesn’t matter,” said Aslan.
“Oh dear, oh dear,” said Lucy. “And I was so pleased at finding you again. And I thought you’d let me stay. And I thought you’d come roaring in and frighten all the enemies away—like the last time. And now everything is going to be horrid.”
“It is hard for you, little one,” said Aslan. “But things never happen the same way twice. It has been hard for all in Narnia before now.”
Lucy buried her head in his mane to hide from his face. But there must have been magic in his mane. She could feel lion-strength going into her. Quite suddenly she sat up. “I’m sorry, Aslan,” she said, “I’m ready now.”
“Now you are a lioness,” said Aslan. “And now all Narnia will be renewed. But come. We have no time to lose.”
So Lucy calls her siblings to follow her as she follows Aslan. The children agree, somewhat reluctantly, to follow Lucy. They are unable to see Aslan with their own eyes as Lucy can with hers. As they follow her, one at a time they each begin seeing Aslan. At first Edmund can start to see Aslan’s shadow. Peter then begins seeing glimmers of Aslan’s form in the moonlight. Finally all the children are able to see him fully.
In Prince Caspian, Aslan the Lion is not a figment of their imaginations. He is real. The children’s faith in him does not make him real, but their faith does make him real to them. As Aslan becomes more real, as they encounter him with their new eyes of belief, the very first thing that changes in them is their courage.
CS Lewis understood something about the nature of real faith: it makes us courageous, bold, and valiant, or as the Hebrews put it, it gives us chutzpah.
From Musings on Prince Caspian, Faith, and Changing the World
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Is our God getting more real or more vague to us under uncertain future?
Our courage is renewed as our faith able to see the real Aslan. As I pray for a bigger Aslan at Jan 4 08, we do see shadow of Aslan and then he did show up in the twisted paths of wilderness.
Following His word only, speak His word only an live by His word only is the only way into reality – a bigger Aslan.
We keep pray for rebuild plan at China quakes and rebuild strength at congregation that we will be able to see Him clearly day by day and live by Him only.
For some encouragement, please listen to
“Hold on, My Child”.
In Christ,
