Aren't they great?

While looking for a picture of Jill Pole to put on this post, I found these beautiful dolls.

Queen Lucy the Valiant

High King Peter the Magnificient

Queen Susan the Gentle

Lu

Ed

Su

Pete

King Edmund the Just

You can find the dolls here:
One word of caution. This is not, I repeat, this is NOT a Christian website!
http://www.tonnerdoll.com/2008TonnerSite/2008nov.htm

Salvation pictured in Narnia...and not so obvious...

The other day I was thinking about The Silver Chair.

After some contemplation, I began to think about Jill Pole's first meeting with Aslan. have you ever thought how this is a picture of salvation?

yes. Edmund and Eustace are more obvious, but Jill has one too! Think of it...

She's done things wrong. Life is hateful, a friend, who has already had this conversion, reaches out to her and leads her to the source of salvation. But she does not yet fully believe.


Only after she is confronted with her sin, by Aslan in Aslan's country, does she truly see that she has done wrong.

Attention:

• Aslan offers her water for her thirst
• listen to this part of their conversation:

"Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion. {note that lion is capitalized}

"I'm dying of thirst," said Jill.

"Then drink," said the Lion.

• Jill is then required to take decisive action- stepping out on faith and desperation alone. She, of course, chooses to drink. Please notice how the water is described:

It was the worst thing she had to do, but she went forward to the stream, knelt down, and began scooping up water in her hand. It was the coldest, most refreshing water she had ever tasted. You didn't need to drink much of it, for it quenched your thirst at once.

• Once she realizes she was wrong in the things that she had done, and comes to faith in the Lion, Jill is given a task, which becomes the base of the book. Jill has been forgiven, and later makes right with Eustace, the one she had wronged. 
• I love this line near the end of the book.

"I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion Himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at one to look pale and shadowy compared with him. And...Jill...remembered only how she had made Eustace fall over the cliff, and how she had helped to muff nearly all the signs, and about all the snappings and quarrelings. And she wanted to say "I'm sorry" but she could not speak. Then the Lion drew them toward him with his eyes, and bent down and touched their pale faces with his tongue, and said: "Think of that no more. I will not always be scolding."

Again, we see the beautiful description of Aslan as our great Saviour, Jesus Christ!

Here are some new pictures I edited.  The blends contain pictures from
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, AND...

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader!
(can you tell I'm excited??)

See if you can find them!!
****note: all the pictures are, in reality, bigger than they are shown. If you wish to save them to your computer, for best quality, open them in their own window (or tab) first, then save.****
Always a king or queen series:

Then, I have a queen picture:

While you are welcome to use all the pictures on this blog, please remember that the blends are copyrighted by me and the pictures are courtesy of Walden Media , Disney and 20th Century Fox.  Please use keeping that in mind!!

Until we meet again,

And the winners are...

Here are the long (but not too long, I hope) results of the Caption Contest!!

Picture Number 1 

and the winner is:


VELLVIN!

The other entries were:


Lucy:"Please, please, PLEASE can I have one of those presents?"~Saxon

Tumnus: (thinking) "She's awfully small... maybe she really IS a dwarf..." ~Lizzy Bennet

"You know Mr. Tumnus, I've seen you every day for TWO WEEKS!"~Titty and Marie

Picture Number 2:

and the winner is:

SAXON!

Other entries were:

 

Peter:"I might as well get back to bossing people about. Caspian! At ease! Nooooooo your doing attention!" Peter groans.~Vellvin

Peter: (thinking to himself while laughing) "He thinks... my sister... *chuckle* is pretty!"~Lizzy Bennet

Peter: "Hey, look at this!" 
CX: "Can we just get back to the duel already and look at rocks later?"~Nana

Peter - "Aw, what a cute little bug! That's the sweetest little ladybug I've ever seen!"
Caspian - "*Now* Peter's in love with bug....I knew he'd be a strange high king."~Jo March

"All right, who put peanut butter on my sandwich!"~Titty and Marie

Picture Number 3:

and the winner is:

Lizzy Bennet!

if you can't read this, here is what it says:

Susan: (thinking) "Really, just because something over in that direction is interesting doesn't mean you ALL have to go look at it. It's probably just a dryad dancing a hula! NO REASON FOR YOU ALL TO IGNORE THE BEAUTIFUL GOWN I AM CURRENTLY WEARING. Why, people, why?!"

Other entries:

What in the world can that be!~Titty and Marie

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Picture Number 4:

and the winner is:

Titty and Marie!

Other entries:
Lucy: "Look at that house!! What a piece of JUNK!!~Saxon

Lucy:" What a terrible house! Peter:" I remember we used to live in a house like that." Edmund:" We must have been complete weirdos!!~Vellvin

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Lucy: I don't feel that good...

Peter: Lucy, you alright?

Mrs. M: Stick your head out the window!

Susan: Um, there isn't a window...

Mrs. M: Don't bother me with details!~Nana

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"Uh, are we supposed to be smiling?"~Jo March

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Picture Number 5:

and the winner is:

Jo March!

Other Entries:

Lucy: "Peter, that beaver looks really scary." 

Peter: "You're right. Ed, hand me that machine gun you've got in your coat."~Saxon

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Susan:" Give us some warmth Peter!" 

Lucy:" Yes give us some warmth!" 

Peter:" Back off! I'm keeping my body warmth to myself!"~Vellvin

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 Peter: "So, who wants to be the first on the menu at Wolf a la Cuisine?"~Lizzy Bennet

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This is what happens when Mr Beaver skips bath day.~Nana

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Uh-oh. That dragon again. Hide!~Titty and Marie

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Well Done, everyone!!






*Anyone is welcome to take and share any of the pictures here...remember though, that the content is not mine.The names of the enterers (is that a word?) is printed on the picture. The pictures are from Walden Media and Disney and the words from my readers. So please use wisely.*


I hope you all had fun!


Here is your participation award!

Post a comment to let me know what you Narnians though of the contest!
Aslan be with you!

New Deadline!!

The new deadline for the caption contest!! No entries will be accepted after Saturday, May 29, 2010. Also, the winner's caption will be added to the picture and displayed on my sidebar until July 1st 2010! How exciting is that!!! (O.K., so I find it exciting anyway...)

The Long-Awaited Caption Contest!

Welcome Queen Susan's very first (of all time!) Narnian caption contest!

Rules:

1. No bad language-this includes taking the name of God in vain.
2. all entries will be previewed by me
3. all entries must be in by Sunday, May 22, 2010.
4. any anonymous entries will be deleted!!
5. all pictures will be provided-please specify which pic your caption is for in your entry
6. YOU MUST HAVE FUN!! No non-fun people will be allowed to participate :).

Here are your pictures:

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

 Have fun!

I LOVE POLLS!

I have a most important question for all of my readers...or new ones. Would you participate in a Narnia-themed caption contest? Please vote on the poll on my sidebar...If the majority says yes, I plan on next week to be the first one!

Who's Who in Narnia?

Many people, believe that we Christians make too much "Jesus and Bible stuff" out of Narnia. Liam Neeson (the voice of the mighty Aslan) was asked by a reporter if he though that Aslan was a good representation of God. He replied with something to this extent (NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DIRECT QUOTE!), "If there is a God, I sure would like Him to be like Aslan."

The word "Gospel" means good news...and boy do I have some! I just wish I could go to Mr. Neeson and say "But He IS like Aslan!"
And He really is!

God is Kind, King, Master, Maker, Keeper, Creator, Merciful, Mighty, Lord, Loving, Wise, Whispering, Rescuing, Restoring, Peaceful, Precious!

To see what he really is... watch this video!

I thought it would be fun to see where all my followers found me... please vote on my sidebar!

After all, you never know... My mom made a friend through a Google search!

Why Does Aslan Represent God?

Aslan is wise. Here are some quotes of Aslan's that proves his wisdom:

"All get what they want. They do not always like it."
-The Magician's Nephew

"You see, they will not let us help them. They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their own minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out."
-The Last Battle

 God is the Omniscient One- All Knowing One and is therefore wise.

Aslan is loving, gentle, and merciful.

Even after Uncle Andrew in The Magician's Nephew had messed up so much in Narnia and in his own world by messing with magic, Aslan still gave him the only thing he was still able to receive-sleep.

God is our El- Shaddai- the ever all knowing nourishing One.

Aslan is powerful and mighty.

A lion is king of the jungle. They dominate  the food chain. Their muscles alone are amazing. 

God is Omnipotent (all powerful), and his name El means Strong one.And Abir meaning "to be strong."

Aslan is the Created the world of Narnia. And sang it to life.

God created the whole world and filled it with his song of  love and breath of life.

Aslan gave his life for a traitor to fulfill prophecy, and gave his all for one he loved- Edmund.

God gave his lift for traitors to fullfill prophecy, and gave his all for the ones he loved-YOU and ME.
  

Aslan rose again to conquer the evil witch!

God rose again to conquer death-His and ours!!!!

 Hallelujah! HE IS RISEN!!!!

For the Latest...

When I want the latest in Narnia News, movie or otherwise, I can find it, as well as lots of other fun things on these two sites:

Narnia Web
 And
The Lion's Call

Here are a few more edited pictures. Feel free to use any of them as long as when used publicly, you: 1) notify me, and 2) link the pictures back to this blog. Thank you!

This picture is to capture and remeber C.S.Lewis's rarely remembered subtitle of Prince Caspian:

Here are some separates of the Pevensies:

Peter

Susan

  

  

Edmund

And Lucy

And here are the four ancient sovereigns:

And lastly, a picture that took me many tries to get so that the banner isn't in either Peter or Edmund's faces:

I see here that poor Edmund's face has been cut off by my small writing space. But, if you click on the picture, it will open into it's own window and you can see the whole thing... no offence, Ed.;)

Here are some new pictures I have edited.

     

Enjoy!