My first visit to ~ Narnia

          It is a cold Monday morning. The sun is up but still hiding behind the clouds. But I am warm and cozy inside my home, sitting in my chair and thinking about the weekend.

          It was a good weekend – filled with many moments of joy. Enjoyed a quick but nice visit with Andrew who was home Saturday night and Sunday… at the grocery store was blessed with some extra sales that I wasn’t expecting but will help feed my family… and thoroughly enjoyed taking a drive with my husband.

          I’ve also been ~ to Narnia.

          The Chronicles of Narnia, by CS Lewis, are classics that somehow I missed reading when I was a kid. My children read them and loved them and we have the movies. I was issued a challenge by my youngest daughter, Kimberly, that before we watched the movies again I needed to read the books. So I am in process of reading the series.

          So far I have loved them! I wish I could slip into the wardrobe and end up in Narnia. I would love to have tea with Mr. Tumnus, see all the incredible beauty of this make believe land, become friends of Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy… but most of all I would love to meet Aslan.

          For according to C.S. Lewis, Aslan is “an alternative version of Christ, that is, as the form in which Christ might have appeared in a fantasy world.” It is also well known that Alsan is not a tame lion.

          I have loved the relationship Lucy and Aslan share and wish I, too, could walk beside this magnificent lion and stand in awe of his strength and majesty.

          Yes – they are just a set of fiction books, but they have prodded my thinking and yearning for Heaven. Think I’ll head back for another visit to Narnia before piano lessons…