The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
I’m going to take a break from the direction I was headed for a little while, so instead of talking about wisdom and knowledge, and moving into some of the things that I’ve been experiencing.
First things first, I’ve been reading these books, but before I tell you what it is let me explain why I’m reading them. I’ve read them before and I wanted a refresher course since the movie is coming out in a few months. And even though they may be considered for little children, I think people of all age groups can read them. The books I speak of: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I always loved these books as a child. They were full of adventure and way better I thought that the simple fairy tales that Disney liked to try and tell. Way better than Sleeping Beauty, or Hansel and Gretel. These books had adventure! I remember that my cousins and I were reading them at the same time, and we’d talk about how cool it would be to have an adventure in Narnia.
The cool thing about C.S. Lewis, is that even though this may be considered child’s fairy tales, they are like a fine wine that gets better with age. They are a collection of life stories that have been complied into 7 books. In these books C.S. Lewis pours out some of his “life’s lessons” and there is almost certainly an influence of his faith in the books.
‘The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader”’ is the 3 book in the series, yet it really is the 5 if you went in chronological order. Voyage is probably my favorite. It has my two favorite characters, Reepicheep (the most valiant of the talking mice) and Aslan (the Lion from the East that created the world of Narnia). These two, along with many other characters go on a journey to rescue the seven Lords that had been banished under the former evil king’s reign. During this journey, they meet up with many difficulties and have to learn many lessons.
Now, of course the quotes I’m about to post won’t have as much of a significance to you as it did to me, but here are a few quotes that were especially meaningful to me:
“No,” said the Magician, “they are very stupid but rather there is no harm in them. I begin to grow rather fond of the creatures. Sometimes, perhaps, I am a little impatient, waiting for the day when they can be governed by wisdom instead of this rough magic.”
-This is the Magician who governs the Islands of the Duffles, they are a race like that of Dwarves, but the have one foot instead of two. They are very easily influenced, and do whatever the Chief Duffle says. The chapter that contains this passage reminds me of us without the Holy Spirit. You’ll have to read the whole chapter in order to understand my meaning.
This next quote comes from the seventh chapter called: How the Adventure Ended. I highly suggest you reading it to fully understand the quote:
“Then the lion said, ‘You will have to let me undress you.’ I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly desperate now. So I just lay flat down on my back and let him do it.”
“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. And when he began pulling the skin off, it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt. The only thing that made me able to bear it was just the pleasure of feeling the stuff peel off.”
Wow, that one really gets to me. You see, the guy who is speaking right then had been turned into a dragon due to his greed, and in order for him to escape the clutches of his sin (or escape the dragon skin) he had to remove his hardened heart, (or I should say the dragon skin). This though was something he was unable to do, so Alsan (the lion, or God) had to cut deep into his heart and remove the skin, this was incredibly painful, but it was the only way that the skin could come off. The guy had tried many many times to scratch the skin off before, but to no avail.
So yeah, that’s one thing that God has been doing in my life. I hope you enjoyed my little discussion on C.S. Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
First things first, I’ve been reading these books, but before I tell you what it is let me explain why I’m reading them. I’ve read them before and I wanted a refresher course since the movie is coming out in a few months. And even though they may be considered for little children, I think people of all age groups can read them. The books I speak of: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I always loved these books as a child. They were full of adventure and way better I thought that the simple fairy tales that Disney liked to try and tell. Way better than Sleeping Beauty, or Hansel and Gretel. These books had adventure! I remember that my cousins and I were reading them at the same time, and we’d talk about how cool it would be to have an adventure in Narnia.
The cool thing about C.S. Lewis, is that even though this may be considered child’s fairy tales, they are like a fine wine that gets better with age. They are a collection of life stories that have been complied into 7 books. In these books C.S. Lewis pours out some of his “life’s lessons” and there is almost certainly an influence of his faith in the books.
‘The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader”’ is the 3 book in the series, yet it really is the 5 if you went in chronological order. Voyage is probably my favorite. It has my two favorite characters, Reepicheep (the most valiant of the talking mice) and Aslan (the Lion from the East that created the world of Narnia). These two, along with many other characters go on a journey to rescue the seven Lords that had been banished under the former evil king’s reign. During this journey, they meet up with many difficulties and have to learn many lessons.
Now, of course the quotes I’m about to post won’t have as much of a significance to you as it did to me, but here are a few quotes that were especially meaningful to me:
“No,” said the Magician, “they are very stupid but rather there is no harm in them. I begin to grow rather fond of the creatures. Sometimes, perhaps, I am a little impatient, waiting for the day when they can be governed by wisdom instead of this rough magic.”
-This is the Magician who governs the Islands of the Duffles, they are a race like that of Dwarves, but the have one foot instead of two. They are very easily influenced, and do whatever the Chief Duffle says. The chapter that contains this passage reminds me of us without the Holy Spirit. You’ll have to read the whole chapter in order to understand my meaning.
This next quote comes from the seventh chapter called: How the Adventure Ended. I highly suggest you reading it to fully understand the quote:
“Then the lion said, ‘You will have to let me undress you.’ I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly desperate now. So I just lay flat down on my back and let him do it.”
“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. And when he began pulling the skin off, it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt. The only thing that made me able to bear it was just the pleasure of feeling the stuff peel off.”
Wow, that one really gets to me. You see, the guy who is speaking right then had been turned into a dragon due to his greed, and in order for him to escape the clutches of his sin (or escape the dragon skin) he had to remove his hardened heart, (or I should say the dragon skin). This though was something he was unable to do, so Alsan (the lion, or God) had to cut deep into his heart and remove the skin, this was incredibly painful, but it was the only way that the skin could come off. The guy had tried many many times to scratch the skin off before, but to no avail.
So yeah, that’s one thing that God has been doing in my life. I hope you enjoyed my little discussion on C.S. Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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10/4/05 11:00 AMwow thats cool!!
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