I dug up this version of Psalm 42 that I wrote back in the spring of 2004 around the themes of Narnia, and I thought it was worth sharing as parts of the world are reemerging while some places are still struggling greatly.
God is our refuge- our Narnia.
He will never leave you and is ever present even when you don't feel him or sense his work.
Because of this, we can ride on Aslan's back, holding his mane tightly- but also with reckless abandon and confidence feeling the wind through our hair.
Though everything looks like winter is here to stay, spring is right around the corner. The buds will reappear. The birds will sing again- new life will come. God is here. God is in our midst. It may not feel like it- it may not feel safe, but God truly is good. Oh, God is good. Step out of the chaos and step into the wardrobe. Walk past the coats and into Narnia. There you will take a deep breath of His presence. God is with us.
“There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”
- Jill Churchill, American mystery writer
“If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.” - Julian of Norwich, 14th century
“God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.”
- Julian of Norwich, 14th century
“Aslan, you’re bigger,” said Lucy.
“That is because you are older, little one,” answered he.
“Not because you are?”
“I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”
-C.S. Lewis Prince Caspian
“So everyday, I was surrounded by the beautiful crying forth of the ideas of God,
one of which was you.” – Mary Oliver
