A Spring of Joy

I recently finished reading “The Horse and His Boy” from the Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis. It got me thinking… When darkness surrounds me, some days it might even feel as if it defines me—although it doesn’t really—there is misery and desperation.

And yet, when Aslan bounds into it?

My world becomes light again. The light never was gone, I just was blinded by darkness.

The darkness doesn’t go away, but the light shines in it, through it, and my way becomes clear and quiet, and I begin moving in my proper course rather than stumbling and tripping or just standing still.

It is easy for me to let the darkness paralyze me, to let anxiety wreak its havoc on my soul and to lose all sense of direction, purpose… really, all sense of joy in this life.

But when my eyes are on Christ and not on my circumstances, my worldview is very different—my life view is very different—my daily view is very different. And the journey becomes JOYFUL.