"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
-C.S. Lewis
I took another look at this video. Again, it was good for my heart. This time I noticed (at 0:09) as Lucy lay on the ground Aslan had a fierce look standing above her. He was preparing to attack... to protect. This part seemed odd as I believe it did the first time I saw it. It seemed odd because why would he seem so scary to me? Why? Isn't his nature to be gentle toward me? Lucy even seems to look up in fear as he leaps over her. Maybe it's amazement but I believe at least it's a combination.
I came away with this: (relating Aslan to Christ) Some of the ways He protects us may seem more like a potential attack. Most often when I do not experience him as gentle I believe he has abandoned. It is no small truth that C.S. Lewis stated (in referring to Aslan portraying Christ) “He's not safe, but he's good." In this fear I can walk away with the hope of his goodness, reaching far beyond the definition we will ever understand on this side.
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I took another look at this video. Again, it was good for my heart. This time I noticed (at 0:09) as Lucy lay on the ground Aslan had a fierce look standing above her. He was preparing to attack... to protect. This part seemed odd as I believe it did the first time I saw it. It seemed odd because why would he seem so scary to me? Why? Isn't his nature to be gentle toward me? Lucy even seems to look up in fear as he leaps over her. Maybe it's amazement but I believe at least it's a combination.
I came away with this: (relating Aslan to Christ) Some of the ways He protects us may seem more like a potential attack. Most often when I do not experience him as gentle I believe he has abandoned. It is no small truth that C.S. Lewis stated (in referring to Aslan portraying Christ) “He's not safe, but he's good." In this fear I can walk away with the hope of his goodness, reaching far beyond the definition we will ever understand on this side.
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