The Witch, of CS Lewis’ THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, knew nothing of Resurrection.
‘There, in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had grown again) stood Aslan himself…’aren’t you dead?...Not now!...Yer not a ——? Do I look it? Oh, you’re real, you’re real! And both girls flung themselves upon him and covered him with kisses!’
And then he explained: ‘though the witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, in the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards…’
Shall we never forget that ‘magic’, that truth fundamental to all Christian belief…Jesus was raised from the dead. Death met its match. We, the traitors, are set free. It has only been two weeks since Easter Sunday…have we already forgotten, or have we been moving further up and further in?
Julian of Norwich, feast day is May 8, reminds us in her REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE, that sin results in an abyss of nothingness and endless disorder. She emphasizes the immanence of God:
‘See, I am God. See, I am in all things. See, I do all things. See, I never remove my hands from My works, nor ever shall without end. See, I guide all things to the end that I ordain them for, before time began, with the same power ad wisdom and love with which I made them. (3:11.199).’
Julian sees creation as gift and promise, according to Kerrie Hide, and God is the source and ground of all things, creation’s hope and destiny. ‘All shall be well, and All shall be well, and All shall be well. ‘What is impossible to you is not impossible to Me. I shall preserve My word in everything and I shall make everything well.’ (13:32.233).’
Perhaps she knew Aslan, the great Lion? What they both tell us is to go further up and further in where we will discover where our real country is, where we really belong!
EASTER BLESSINGS. ALLELUIA!
A Thought for Today
Missionary Ernestine Kennedy
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord will come. So be ready and stay ready. So keep your coat on you might be leaving any day now.
