“So here’s the thing…

(I started writing this back to Deb in the form of a “comment” but when it started getting too long, I decided to just post it.)

The books are definitely worth reading. I LOVE “series” books. I love having the next thing to look forward to without wondering “what should I read next?” Even if it’s just a cluster of books by one author.

This’ll sound weird, cause obviously Aslan isn’t said by C.S. Lewis to be Christ in these books… I mean, metaphorically, yes, but I don’t think I’ve ever read anywhere that Lewis was trying to give people a better understanding of who God is thru his fictious novels. AND YET, and here’s the weird part, these books HAVE actually given me a deeper relationship with God. You’ll have to read them to see what I mean. But I’ll read a passage…something Aslan will say to one of the kids, and I find myself hearing something for myself…something I needed to hear right then.

Y’know, I just thought of this… In book 3, The Horse and His Boy, the story takes place during the reign of the Pevensie children in Narnia, BUT the main characters AREN’T the Pevensies, they’re Shasta and Bree. Shasta’s adventure just happens to cross paths with the Kings and Queens. And this book was REALLY good. This was the first book that really started to hit me in regard to God speaking thru the text. (Man, do I sound crazy!) There’s a part where Shasta and Aravis and their horses have a “run-in” with a lion that scares them into picking up their pace to force them to reach a city gate in time. (Read it. It makes no sense here. lol) During the chase, the lion (they find out later it was Aslan) strikes Aravis with his claws across her back as she races on her horse to the city. You’re sitting there thinking, “what was THAT about!? Why would he hurt her?” But when he explains why, you get this, “Ooooh! I get it.” And somehow you learn something about your own life.

There’s another part, in book 4, where the Pevensie kids are trudging thru a forest with a dwarf apparently lost, when Lucy thinks she sees Aslan in the distance. She tells the others about it who tell her she was probably seeing things (cause they didn’t see him) and she agrees to just follow them and not go in the direction she felt Aslan was calling her to. And guess what, it takes them much longer to get where they were headed. So what did I get out of it? Follow God! Even if no one else sees why…don’t be swayed.

Here’s a site I found that describes each book better than I’m doing here. http://books.narnia.com/chronicles/books/index.html

Wow! aren’t you glad I didn’t try to write this as a comment! Each book is only about 220-270 pages long and well worth the quick read.