"The Cure Had Begun"
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 11:46PM Almost two years ago, I had a resurrection of sorts. I refer to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in that post. It is a significant story for me, particularly the part about Eustace becoming undragoned. To go back and read that post is interesting, among other things. Tonight I also read about Eustace and Aslan in Reordered Love, Reordered Lives. David Naugle mentions that while Eustace certainly started to change, he "wasn't automatically perfect and could still be quite intractable at times." (147) But a change was occurring. C.S. Lewis tells us that for Eustace Clarence Scrubb "the cure had begun."
I am reminded tonight of this very reality. Something happened to me two years ago, and since then I have made progress, and stepped (slid!) backwards as well. But then I'll move forward again. Transformation didn't happen all at once and for good. (For example, in that post, I said I was going to stop writing posts at midnight...and here it is 12:40am.) But I need to remember that God is faithful, and that there is progress!
Paul says it like this: It's already happened! The old you is gone! The new you is here!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
But before we get to that point in his second letter to the Corinthians, he says this: We see the Lord's glory and study it so that we can know it...and by this we are changed so that we are more like him, from him, the Spirit!
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18
David Naugle writes,"Our cure begins...when God as the Great Physician applies the medicine of the cross to the disease of our sin and nurses us through the love of the Holy Spirit into good health according to the prescriptions of his Word." (147) He goes on to say,"God breaks the power of our habits and addictions and undermines any propensities we may have toward violence." (147)
It seems these days I'm about claiming promises...this is the one for tomorrow. And the day after that, and the one after that too!
Reader Comments (2)
Progress is good. You are on the right track:)
Amen, Christina! Amen. I'm claiming promises right along with you.