spring: aslan

March!

  


March is here.  At last.


And now ends my post.


Because that's all that needs to be said.

For us north-folk, March is synonymous with hope.


For us Christian-folk, spring brings reminders of our true hope.  Our only hope. 


"Every moment the patches of green grew bigger and the patches of snow grew smaller. Every moment more and more of the trees shook off their robes of snow. Soon, wherever you looked, instead of white shapes you saw the dark green of firs or the black prickly branches of bare oaks and beeches and elms. Then the mist turned from white to gold and presently cleared away altogether. Shafts of delicious sunlight struck down onto the forest floor and overhead you could see a blue sky between the tree-tops."
                                                                           - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" C.S. Lewis

Spring is on its way.  And as one dear friend recently said, "if only Aslan would come bring spring".


Praying the spring of Aslan. Fresh breaths of air to brittle, dry winter hearts.  Aslan on the move on the inside. 


Melting, drawing out, pouring in, fresh, new, emerging, growing.


Hope.  Spring.  Inside.  

Aslan.  On the move.  


Soon we meet lent.  And I'm praying for more than a hunger and thirst to draw near.  I'm praying to actually draw near to Him who is already here. 


"And now a very curious thing happened. None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken [his name] everyone felt quite different.... At the name of Aslan each one of the children felt something jump in its inside. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious horror. Peter felt suddenly brave and adventurous. Susan felt as if some delicious smell or some delightful strain of music had just floated by her. And Lucy got the feeling you have when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is the beginning of the holidays or the beginning of summer."
-The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis


Aslan.  Jesus.  


The One who makes all things new.  Our kinsman redeemer.  The Only One worth enough.  Worthy, Righteous, True.  

The Lion of Judah, who became the Lamb of God.

Come, Lord Jesus.  


{beautiful images found here and here}