Lucy: Crazy or Courageous?

Lucy: Crazy or Courageous?

          In Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis allows King Miraz to be the King on Narnia, with Prince Caspian XI dying at his hands. He then raises Prince Caspian X, the true heir of the throne, but refuses to let him know of his father's significance. King Miraz was open to allowing Caspian X to heir the throne until he had a son of his own. It was at this point when Caspian X would never find out his true identity and potential. However, as the story continues, Caspian X is introduced to this fact that he is in fact the true heir of the throne of Narnia, and should be King at the current moment. He then fled from the castle and into the forest to avoid death on behalf of his uncle.

          King Miraz goes out searching for Caspian, when his tutor, Doctor Cornelius arrives and warns him of what is about to come. They then fled to Aslan's How, where the Telmarine soldiers followed them. However, they would not accept defeat, no matter how close they were to it at the time. The Narnians, who Prince Caspian was currently with, were debating on whether or not they should use Queen Susan's horn, and what the effects of it may be.

          Along the way, Lucy claims to have seen Aslan, and she wants to follow Him, but no one with her wants to, and says she is just imagining things. Aslan then calls Lucy and gives her specific instructions on how to deal with the others, and she follows them. Reluctantly, they obey her demands and eventually see Aslan's shadow up ahead, which finally brought truth the Lucy's claims. 

           It is at this point where I see a parallel with many modern-day Christians. Lucy sees Aslan, who represents Jesus Christ, and desires to follow Him into the unknown. However, nobody else has physically seen any sign of Him, so they are scared to follow Him and Lucy, and instead just want to stick to their course they have long been on. It is here where I see many of us. We are scared to follow Christ into the unknown; it's too frightening to move away from the path we have designed ourselves and onto the path where the future is not yet revealed. However, like Lucy, this is where we are called to and destined to go. It is impossible to be courageous without fear in our lives. Where courage exists, there will also be those who consider you to be crazy.