Look, I know I mostly tweet Covid stuff, and not much faith stuff, but I just wanted to share this for anyone who needs it.
If you hate magic invisible friend in the sky stuff, look away.
If you hate magic invisible friend in the sky stuff, look away.
Imagine having a lion as your strongest supporter, closest friend, companion, guardian, champion...
CS Lewis wrote the Narnia Chronicles to help people get their heads round a few of the things he thought about the maker of the universe.
What he thought that maker is like.
What he thought that maker does.
How he thought that maker works in the world.
And he tried to share one of those ideas by depicting that maker as being present in the world in the form of a lion.
It wasn't a new image to help explain the maker - the writers of the Hebrew scriptures used the image of the lion to describe their maker a long time ago.
The lion stands up for the oppressed and the broken and the despised and the lost.
So if you're feeling exhausted today or worried or depressed or overwhelmed or criticised or lonely or helpless, consider the idea of a lion at your side.
And not a tame lion either. A lion with claws and jaws that can break chains or tenderly carry a cub.
The lion's not just there for the people who know the right words or the right name.
The lion's there for people who need a lion.
And the lion is not just alongside you.
I've seen the life of the lion *in* all sorts of people.
Even in people who would say they don't believe in lions. 😅
Even in people who would say they don't believe in lions. 😅
In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that the lion doesn't care what you believe, the lion cares whether you *care*.
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