Recently, a lot of Narnian things have been coming at me - last week, a friend was telling me about a scene in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader that touched her; then she made me feel like watching a Narnia movie over the Easter break but there were so many to choose from and I couldn't make up my mind on which movie I wanted to see that I didn't end up watching any of the movies; hahaha last night Prince Caspian was on! and I really really wanted to watch the movie from start to finish but I fell asleep 15 mins into it because I was feeling quite sick; and this morning when my dog started scratching on my door and woke me at an unearthly hour (5:40am), I decided to read another chapter of this book I borrowed from the library and in that chapter, there was a small part on this scene from Narnia!
Maybe I should watch or read? the whole series again, maybe God wants to teach me a thing or two from it - I find that sometimes He teaches me really powerful things in movies but if I don't write it down, I tend to forget them quickly after the movie's over so maybe I should have a notepad in hand this time.
Here's the short excerpt I read on Narnia this morning :)!
By Lysa Terkeust and Shaunti Feldhahn
In the 2010 movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, based on the book by C. S. Lewis, teenager Lucy Pevensie secretly longs to look more like her beautiful older sister, Susan. She is tempted by the existence of a spell that promises to make her "the beauty you've always wanted to be," and eventually recites the incantation. In a dreamlike state, she sees herself morphing into Susan. But she suddenly finds that once she turns into Susan, her family has never heard of Lucy. She has vanished out of existence. Terrified, she jerks away and sees that Aslan- the great lion who represents Jesus--is there with her.
"What have you done, child?" he asks. She tries to explain why she gave in to her craving, concluding, "I just wanted to be beautiful, like Susan. That's all." But then Aslan shows her just how big a deal that actually was: "You wished yourself away. And with it, so much more." He reminds her that if she hadn't existed, her family would never know of Narnia.
Gently, but firmly, the great Lion says, "You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are."
Lucy is contrite. She gets it. She decides to be pleased with what Aslan says about her rather than continuing to look in the wrong places to feel satisfied. And some time later, when an admiring young girl tells her, "When I grow up, I want to be just like you," Lucy sits down with her, looks her in the eyes and says, "When you grow up, you should be just like you."
Maybe I should watch or read? the whole series again, maybe God wants to teach me a thing or two from it - I find that sometimes He teaches me really powerful things in movies but if I don't write it down, I tend to forget them quickly after the movie's over so maybe I should have a notepad in hand this time.
Here's the short excerpt I read on Narnia this morning :)!
By Lysa Terkeust and Shaunti Feldhahn
In the 2010 movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, based on the book by C. S. Lewis, teenager Lucy Pevensie secretly longs to look more like her beautiful older sister, Susan. She is tempted by the existence of a spell that promises to make her "the beauty you've always wanted to be," and eventually recites the incantation. In a dreamlike state, she sees herself morphing into Susan. But she suddenly finds that once she turns into Susan, her family has never heard of Lucy. She has vanished out of existence. Terrified, she jerks away and sees that Aslan- the great lion who represents Jesus--is there with her.
"What have you done, child?" he asks. She tries to explain why she gave in to her craving, concluding, "I just wanted to be beautiful, like Susan. That's all." But then Aslan shows her just how big a deal that actually was: "You wished yourself away. And with it, so much more." He reminds her that if she hadn't existed, her family would never know of Narnia.
Gently, but firmly, the great Lion says, "You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are."
Lucy is contrite. She gets it. She decides to be pleased with what Aslan says about her rather than continuing to look in the wrong places to feel satisfied. And some time later, when an admiring young girl tells her, "When I grow up, I want to be just like you," Lucy sits down with her, looks her in the eyes and says, "When you grow up, you should be just like you."
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