I've been reading Wesley the
Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe before bed. Some nights he's more into it than others. Last night we got to a part where the Lion and the oldest boy are standing at an overlook and they can see much of the land down to the ocean on the horizon. C.S. Lewis is a good descriptive writer and he describes how beautiful the land is as the sun sets the clouds and rolling hills change colors. Then the Lion (a God figure in this children's story) tells the oldest boy that he is going to be king of all he can see, and that just on the horizon is an ancient throne on which he'll sit. It's the position he was born for and it has been waiting for him. It sounded pretty adventurous for a kids story.
I pray for Wesley as I put him to bed, and last night (having just read about that adventure) I prayed that God would give Wesley courage to view life as that sort of adventure. One where there is opportunity to make a difference in the world, where a significant calling has been laid upon his life. One where there is a sense of duty and honor about the act of living.
It's hard sometimes to look at life that way, when everything else says our life banal and boring: all work and t.v. It takes faith to believe there is something significant and adventurous about my life, and it takes courage on top of faith to pursue that adventure. Father...give me more faith...then also courage
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