i'm taking the test to clep out of math on friday, and i just started studying today. i wish i would have taken the test my freshman year... i used to know all this stuff but now it's just hard! hopefully my mad test taking skills will come in handy...
i don't know what's wrong with me, but i can never think about what i'm supposed to be thinking about. like right now i'm supposed to be thinking about math, but instead i'm thinking of the chronicles of narnia (specifically, they voyage of the dawn treader). it's a great book... definitely my favorite of the series.
i remember one time i was talking to a friend of mine and i asked him what his favorite cs lewis book is (i don't even remember why... that's kinda a nerdy thing to ask. and i've only ever read like 2 cs lewis books outside the narnia series, so i'm not sure where i was going with that question. whatever.) anyways... he said the voyage of the dawn treader. i remember being taken aback by his answer because a)he's very smart, so i expected him to say one of the more "smart" options and b)that's my favorite (at least in the series) and i had literally just read it. but then something happened, and i don't think i ever told him that's my favorite too. it is. and here is why:
dawn treader is where we meet cousin eustace, who is the bratty little toolbag cousin of the main narnia kids. he's seriously the biggest butthead. and there's this one part in the book where he goes off and gets turned into a dragon. and he lives as a dragon for a few weeks, and he's miserable and cries a lot, but he's really sorry for the way he's acted toward everyone, so he helps them out the best he can as a dragon. well, then one night Aslan comes to him and tells eustace to follow him up to the top of this hill where there is a well. and then he tells him to undress, so eustace tries 3 times to scratch off his skin, and just when he thinks it's off and he'll get to jump in the water, he sees that his dragon skin is still there. but Aslan takes his lion claws and digs deeper than eustace ever could, and he completely removes all of the dragon skin, then he picks him up and throws him into the water. the whole process is painful and hard and eustace doesn't like it at first, but he then realizes how much of a relief it is and how much better he feels.
i don't know what's wrong with me, but i can never think about what i'm supposed to be thinking about. like right now i'm supposed to be thinking about math, but instead i'm thinking of the chronicles of narnia (specifically, they voyage of the dawn treader). it's a great book... definitely my favorite of the series.
i remember one time i was talking to a friend of mine and i asked him what his favorite cs lewis book is (i don't even remember why... that's kinda a nerdy thing to ask. and i've only ever read like 2 cs lewis books outside the narnia series, so i'm not sure where i was going with that question. whatever.) anyways... he said the voyage of the dawn treader. i remember being taken aback by his answer because a)he's very smart, so i expected him to say one of the more "smart" options and b)that's my favorite (at least in the series) and i had literally just read it. but then something happened, and i don't think i ever told him that's my favorite too. it is. and here is why:
dawn treader is where we meet cousin eustace, who is the bratty little toolbag cousin of the main narnia kids. he's seriously the biggest butthead. and there's this one part in the book where he goes off and gets turned into a dragon. and he lives as a dragon for a few weeks, and he's miserable and cries a lot, but he's really sorry for the way he's acted toward everyone, so he helps them out the best he can as a dragon. well, then one night Aslan comes to him and tells eustace to follow him up to the top of this hill where there is a well. and then he tells him to undress, so eustace tries 3 times to scratch off his skin, and just when he thinks it's off and he'll get to jump in the water, he sees that his dragon skin is still there. but Aslan takes his lion claws and digs deeper than eustace ever could, and he completely removes all of the dragon skin, then he picks him up and throws him into the water. the whole process is painful and hard and eustace doesn't like it at first, but he then realizes how much of a relief it is and how much better he feels. i just love this story so much. i think it's such an awesome example of grace and the way that God loves us and wants to change us. even though it's hard and it hurts and it's scary, it is so refreshing to allow Him to work through all our junk. and i love that the story is more than just about grace--it's about the importance of remembering that grace. it goes on to talk about the way that eustace was changed after that. he was kinder and better and sometimes he messed up and went back to his old ways, but he was constantly working on being a better person because of the way that Aslan worked in his life.
and that is what i'm thinking about right now...
and that is what i'm thinking about right now...
1 comment:
I love that you're blogging more lately! And I love the Dawn Treader as well--my fave. And I love this post. That is such a good parallel for the way God does for us what we can't do for ourselves.
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