Encountering Jesus

This is a picture that speaks deeply to my heart. A picture of a boy-turned-dragon, wanting nothing more than to be a boy again. A boy who was so blind to his ugliness that it took something like turning into literal ugliness for him to see it. A boy, who staring into the face of this ugliness, cannot do anything about it on his own. And then comes the Lion. Who rips deep into the ugly dragon skin and pulls it off. Who says to the boy, "Let me clothe you," and dresses him in new clothing.

This is a picture of me. Realizing that my sins are overwhelming. unfixable. ugly. Realizing that I on my own, cannot do this. And encountering my Savior in a way that forever changes me, made new under His loving and capable hands. With Him, all is possible.

This is a picture of the Gospel in all its beauty. A picture of saving grace, that undeservedly covers us all. I am thankful today for this reminder, and the challenge to take this encounter with Jesus and love others better because of it. Because He first loved, I may love all the more.

Eustace renewed

(story from Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader)