Thursday, March 12, 2015

Better than the one before

We have had a hard start to this 2015. Not only has the weather been miserable (particularly of late), but we have had more than our share of dear saints who have passed on to he with Christ. It is such a hard time when we lose those so dear to us and our community. As I have been processing through this and spending time talking with others about it, I am reminded of a quote from C.S. Lewis' book "The Last Battle". This quote comes from the last paragraph of the last book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Lewis beautifully reminds us of what awaits those who follow Christ when our life on Earth is done. May this be a beautiful reminder to you all of the goodness of our God.

"And as He spoke, He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in
Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before." 

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