Chronicles of Narnia Blog Post 1:
Christine Shreve
12/8/2016
“As soon as they had breakfasted they all went out, and there they saw Aslan and Edmund walking together in the dewy grass, apart from the rest of the court. There is no need to tell you (and no one ever heard) what Aslan was saying, but it was a conversation which Edmund never forgot. As the others drew nearer Aslan turned to meet them, bringing Edmund with him. ‘Here is your brother,’ he said, ‘and---there is no need to talk to him about what is past.’”
This is one of my favorite parts of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I love that Aslan’s words for Edmund are meant only for him and not for everyone else; Aslan very intentionally keeps his conversation with Edmund about what has happened between the two of them. Even though Edmund’s past actions did affect his siblings, Aslan didn’t have Edmund offer really any explanation to them (all Edmund said to them was that he was sorry). This reminds me of how the Lord deals with his children’s sins. I feel it is easy for people to get caught up paying attention to others people’s sins & harmful actions. This reminded me of the guy in Matthew 7 who sees the dust in his neighbor’s eye when there is a log in his eye. It is easy to be curious about other people’s sin but just prying into someone else’s sin for the sake of curiosity seems unhelpful. After Edmund’s conversation with Aslan, he is profoundly impacted--and at the end of the day, this is what matters. It doesn’t matter if we do not always understand or know about the exact refining process that our brothers and sisters go through, what matters is that the Lord is refining them and that we are there to support, challenge, and learn from them.
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