"Son, thou art welcome"

In Sunday School today Laura Fairbanks quoted The Last Battle, book seven of The Chronicles of Narnia. Which happens to be my favorite fantasy series ever. Also, the only one I have repeated multiple times. As she was reading I could remember how I felt when going through C. S. Lewis's wonderful count of 'Aslan.' Any-who, It's too good to pass up, so I thought I would put it up for everyones enjoyment. It is the story of Emmeth and his search for the God Tash, when he encounters the truth. When he encounters Aslan.


"It began to be said that Tash and Aslan were one, then the world became dark in my eyes. For always since I was a boy I have served Tash and my great desire was to know more of him, if it might be, to look upon his face...
...So I went over much grass and many flowers and among all kinds of wholesome and delectable trees till lo! in a narrow place between two rocks there came to meet me a great Lion... I fell at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion (who is worthy of all honor) will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him. Nevertheless, it is better to see the Lion and die than to be Tisroc of the world and live and not to have seen him. But the glorious One bent down his golden head and touched my forehead with his tongue and said, Son, thou art welcome. But I said, Alas, Lord, I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash. He answered, Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me. Then by reasons of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, I overcame my fear and questioned the Glorious One and said, Lord, is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one? The Lion growled so that the earth shook (but his wrath was not against me) and said, It is false. Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites, I take to me the services which thou hast done to him. For I and he are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him. Therefore if any man swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him...Yet I have been seeking Tash all my days. Beloved, said the Glorious one, unless thy desire had been for me thou woulds't not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek."

The symbology of Christ is so strong when reaching this point of the book. Befittingly it is placed near the finalization of the series where all who are seeking the truth are found.