Question response

Hi guys,
My response to the question is something that I didn't think about on Fri eve. It's not really a theme, but just a short little incident that I was struck by. This is from Lion, Witch & Wardrobe - just after Aslan comes to life & explains to Lucy & Susan about the deep magic.

"Oh, children," said the Lion, "I feel my strength coming back to me. Oh, children, catch me if you can!" He stood for a second, his eyes very — bright, his limbs quivering, lashing himself with his tail. Then he made a leap high over their heads and landed on the other side of the Table. laughing, though she didn't know why, Lucy scrambled over it to reach him. Asian leaped again. A mad chase began. Round and round the hill-top he led them, now hopelessly out of their reach, now letting them almost catch his tail, now diving between them, now tossing them in the air with his huge and beautifully velveted paws and catching them again, and now stopping unexpectedly so that all three of them rolled over together in a happy laughing heap of fur and arms and legs. It was such a romp as no one has ever had except in Narnia; and whether it was more like playing with a thunderstorm or playing with a kitten Lucy could never make up her mind. And the funny thing was that when all three finally lay together panting m the sun, the girls no longer felt in the least tired or hungry or thirsty.

I really like the picture of playing with Aslan with all your strength, giving energy and effort, but in the end the girls no longer felt tired, hungry, or thirsty. Obviously this could be taken to an extreme that I'm not advocating for - but there is real truth to what Jesus talked about in John 4, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work." When the power of Jesus is involved there's a real absence of hunger and thirsting for other stuff to fill up needs.

That's one I spent some time thinking about. Have a great Sunday!
Tom