Not Tame

One of the great things about The Chronicles of Narnia is that though the books are all connected, they aren't dependent on one another.  In many series if you haven't read the first book the second won't make sense.  Not so with The Chronicles of Narnia.  Each book can stand as a story on its own.  If you have read the other books in the series, then you will obviously know some of the characters better but it won't have any serious impacts on your understanding of the text.

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is often the first Narnia book people read.  It was the first book to be made into a movie and therefore is arguably the most famous.  Because the story is so well known I'm not going to summarize it for you here; instead, I would like to focus on one of my favorite lines.

"Well he's not a tame lion."

I'm not sure when we started believing that in order for things to be good they had to be safe.  Aslan is not just a lion he is the lion.  If you are reading this book allegorically Aslan is representing Jesus.  Aslan is the epitome of justice and power but also love and mercy.  He is unarguably good.  But...

"he's not a tame lion."

At the risk of sounding like a cheesy motivational speaker it makes me think, "what are you passing up because it's not tame?"  There is something good in wildness.  Go find it.

Not being tame...that's kids stuff.