Blogging at The Fountain

life as i have recently known it...

Well this time last weekend I was completely upset that I had to go back to work in just two days. I was excited to have New Years off but not excited about anything else in life - it was really weird, just a funk I guess. I knew I was going into a busy season and some of my superiors were going to be out of the office so I was STRESSED. On Monday, I finished up the book The Horse and His Boy out of the Chronicles of Narnia. There was a section in the end of the book that gave me great comfort about heading back to work and the craziness that this time of year brings with a school.

Shasta (the boy) is walking in the woods and all of the sudden Aslan the lion, who he had never met, is walking alongside of him - always on his left. It is dark outside and Shasta is scared of the lion but the lion is peaceful and only showing concern. When it turns to day he is overcome with the glory of the lion. A few chapters later, Shasta is on the same path and realizes that he was not on just any path but a very narrow path with a cliff that would have been on his left side. He can’t believe that he made the journey in the dark and then realizes that Aslan stayed on his left the entire time - of course he was safe.

I had such a peace that no matter how crazy the coming weeks were going to be, God was on my left. Little did I know just how crazy life would be. Going from stomach pains Monday night to surgery Tuesday night to remove my appendix, God had prepared me ahead of time. I don’t think it was any “luck” that I had read that story one night before. Even in the craziness of life, Jesus is on our left, even when we don’t have any idea what is happening or what could happen - He is there… how encouraging. I couldn’t believe it.