Who Said Anything About Safe? :o)

Eugene has been reading one of my favorite books ever, Shane Claiborne's "The Irresistable Revolution - Living as an Ordinary Radical".  This morning at about 3:30am, we were both awake in bed, and he read me the following passage... it was so comforting to us in this crazy time and place.  This morning's blog update comes straight from this awesomely inspiring book.  If you haven't read it yet, go out and buy a copy today! :o)

"I have come to see that we Christians are not called to safety, but we are promised that God will be with us when we are in danger, and there is no better place to be than in the hands of God.  Perhaps the most dangerous place for a Christian to be is in safety and comfort. 

"In his book, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," C.S. Lewis portrays this dangerous encounter with the God that should make all of us shiver.  Lucy is about to meet Aslan, the lion, and she asks, "Is - is he a man?"
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"Aslan a man!" said Mr. Beaver sternly.  "Certainly not.  I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-beyond-the-Sea.  Don't you know who is the King of the Beasts?  Aslan is a lion- THE Lion, the great Lion."

"Ooh!" said Susan, "I'd thought he was a man.  Is he - quite safe?  I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion."

"That you will, dearie, and no mistake," said Mrs. Beaver, "if there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most or else just silly."

"Then he isn't safe?" said Lucy.

"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver, "don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you?  Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe.  But he's good.  He's the King, I tell you."
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"That's the God I have come to know, a God who is not at all safe, but a God who is good."

-- Shane Claiborne, "The Irresistable Revolution - Living as an Ordinary Radical"