Faith and Telling the Truth
It is interesting to know where the wardrobe came from and helps what happens to Lucy make sense. Having read this part of the story before and seen the movie, makes this reading go a little quicker. So as you can see, I was able to cover a few more chapters in this post
At the end of chapter 2 Lucy gets out of the wardrobe. I find it interesting that none of the other kids believer her. Does it sound too good to be true? Why not try to find out? Why not go with Lucy to explore and see? I know they examine the wardrobe only to find nothing. This is puzzling. Later on they do find Narnia through the wardrobe. Was it because they didn't believe? Lack of faith?
People who don't have faith don't understand scripture the way people who believe do. Is this what Lewis is trying to get at? I don't know, but it is possible.
No back to not believing Lucy in the first place. It reminds me of when I have presented the Gospel to someone and they don't respond the way I would think. We have been forgiven so much, how can you not accept that forgiveness? Admitting sin is a small price to pay for the great gift of forgiveness. I supposed it sounds to good to be true. How could there be another world through the wardrobe? How can there be a God who would forgive me? Eternal life? Sounds too good to be true. But it is.
Now onto anther observation:
Why does Edmund lie about going to Narnia? Is he afraid of the witch? Is he trying to forget he went? Does he want it all to himself? I don't know and maybe I will find out later on.
Telling the truth. We struggle to tell the truth when we are not sure of how others will react. When we are sure of what we believe we need to stand up and speak the truth. We don't need to be rude or impolite. Truth is what this world needs.
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