Mark Buchanan is in my opinion one of the best authors of our time. I want to share a paragraph or two from his book, "The Rest of God." This is from the chapter titled, "In God's Time: Stopping to See God's Bigness.
"In prince caspian, part of C.S. Lewis's Narnia Chronicles, the children Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy all find themselves in Narnia after a long absence. Aslan, the great king and lion, is nowhere to be seen. Lucy, the youngest of the children, particulary aches to see him. One night she wakes to a great stirring in the forest, and to a voice calling her. While the children sleep she ventures forth through the woods and into a clearing. Here's what happens:
A circle of grass smooth as a lawn, met her eyes, with dark tree dancing all round it. And then-oh joy! For he was there: the huge Lion, shining white in the moonlight, with his huge black shadow underneath him.
...she rushed to him. She felt her heart would burst if she lost a moment. And the next thing she knew was that she was kissing him and putting her arms as far round his neck as she could and burying her face in the beautiful rich silkiness of his mane.
"Aslan, Aslan. Dear Aslan," sobbed Lucy. "At last."
The great besat rolled over on his side so that Lucy fell, half sitting and half lying between his front paws. He bent forward and just touched her nose with his tongue. She gazed up into the large wise face.
"Welcome, child," he said.
"Aslan," said Lucy, "you're bigger."
"That is becuase you are older, little one," answered he.
"Not because you are?"
"I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger."
That's a perfect description of those who train themselves in God's goodness and sovereignty: every year you grow, you find him bigger."
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