I woke early...it is the last morning of Captivating. So much has been spoken, experienced in the course of a weekend retreat. It was not a safe weekend but it has proven to be good, so very good, for those who would dare to walk as daughters of the King. My continued prayer over all who have shared this experience would be that we would cease to be about 'safe, managed existence' but instead seek to know and trust the heart of our King. To walk in Christ...knowing that He has a plan and purpose for each one in His larger story of restoration.
“Is he a man?” asked Lucy.
“Aslan a man!” said Mr Beaver sternly. Certainly not. I tell you he is King of the wood and the son of the great emperor-beyond- the-sea. Don’t you know who is the King of the Beasts? Aslan is a lion – the Lion, the great lion.”
“ooh!” said Susan, “I’d thought he was a man. Is he – quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.”
“That you will, dearie, and no mistake” said Mrs Beaver; “if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most or else just silly.”
“Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy.
“Safe?” said Mr Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
Source: CS Lewis, The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe
Agreed! Good...King...but not 'safe'.
