Reigning with Aslan

[Josh]

Originally written 12/29/05:

Watching the Lion,the Witch, and the Wardrobe I was struck by the 'coronation' scene where the children take their thrones in Cair Paravel shortly after Aslan's resurrection and victory.

THAT's us! Though we are children, we have become kings and priests and have been given authority to administer Christ's kingdom. We each have our own radiance, our own specialty, our own identity... and we're ruling a kingdom right now as we speak.

What kind of administrators of the kingdom of God will we be?

I find it so helpful to think in Narnian terms sometimes. We are warriors. We are centaurs prophesying. We are fauns and dryads dancing in praise to the king. We are children riding on the back of a Lion.

Those metaphors are more real than the 'reality' most of us spend too much time in day to day. Can we live our lives seeing the Kingdom even in the mundane things? Can we transform our daily routine into a grand adventure?

[rose]

Originally posted 1/6/06:

How does one, who seems "stuck" in the 'reality' of the day to day world, venture out and transform into someone who sees the world as a grand adventure? What if one's mind just doesn't operate that way?

On another note, seeing the movie the 2nd time, after having the above conversation with Josh made me love the movie even more. Of course, I saw much of the beauty that's woven through the scenes the first time I viewed it, but somehow Josh's perspective made it come alive even more for me. It gave me more of a longing for heaven...hmmm...I wonder what MY crown and dress are going to look like?

[Josh]

1/6/06:

Originally posted 1/6/06:

Originally posted 1/6/06:

I think you answered your own question in a way. That's what MYTHOLOGY is for: to train you to see reality that way. Some of us might have had this training since we were children, for others maybe it's been a long time coming.

Scripture even uses mythology to help us visualize the spirit realm:

dragons, beasts, the full armor of God, etc..

These fantastic metaphors are designed to reveal a reality even more fantastic than the metaphors employed. If we dwell on them, then we'll see them in our circumstances more often.

That's one of the values I see in reading good books. They familiarize us with spiritual realities so we know them when we see them.