Living with uncertainty February 19, 2009

In the Narnia book Prince Caspian, in a part that was sadly left out of the movie, the dwarfs and other creatures waiting for reinforcements have pretty much all given up, saying that Aslan doesn’t exist and even suggesting that they should rather align themselves with evil forces, since no other help is ever going to come. However, Caspian persists in his belief in Aslan, and says, “The help will come. It may be even now at the door.” And indeed, very soon the Pevensies burst through the door. I think of this often, as in my life and the lives of quite a few of my friends, it seems to be ordained that a lot of the time we are in situations that to us appear insuperable and hopeless, and it doens’t look like the Lord is going to help. As in so many wonderful pictures of the Christian life, CS Lewis was saying in this book that we, too, are in circumstances where we simply don’t know what is around the corner, what is going on behind the scenes. Therefore, I can only keep on reminding myself of this, and asking for the help to truly believe and trust my Saviour. At the moment , I’m rather “in the dwang”, as we say in my family – no other single women seem to be on their way to Nampula soon who could possibly share my place with me, and support that I was depending on never came through. I don’t know whether this all means that I made a mistake, should never have gotten the  apartment and should get out of it as soon as possible, OR, whether the Lord has some hidden plan with all this, has let it all come about and will provide the perfect resolution in the end. That is something that you can please pray for with me!