Monday, August 10, 2009

Aslan, the kind of king I'll follow

“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver…”Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

“’but you mustn’t press him, after all, he’s not a tame lion.’ ‘No, but he is good.’”


The God of the universe isn't a tame, weak god, he is a lion. I keep going back to these books my dad read to me as a little girl. Lewis picked an animal of the highest respect, power and strength. He is not safe or tame, but he is good!

1 comment:

Hannah said...

This imagery and phrasing always stirs something unknown and scary and beautiful in me. It's good.