To the point, this book out of the series has been my favorite so far. Each book has a high moral theme, often with a child learning a lesson. This one explores the spiritual life. Each chapter is a mini-battle where a different character is the main hero. So far I have yet to find an overall connection, aside from a single point of finding 7 men that were banished from Narnia in an earlier book. I suppose the next chapters would explain that part further...I have noticed something about one of the characters, Eustace (what a name...), as in the chapters "The Adventures of Eustace" [chapter 6] and "How The Adveture Ended" [chapter 7]. In these chapters Eustace becomes a dragon... Here is my connection, which may lend some explanation to the title of this blog: the dragon represents sin.
In the book The Oath, by Frank Peretti, sin is portrayed by a dragon. Each character that has unconfessed sin in their lives, receives this oozing black smudge over their heart, and when it has gone on too far and too long- a dragon from the woods comes and takes them away! Also, in To Own A Dragon, by Donald Miller, he discusses a life growing up without a father present; dealing with such a life is tough- and the basis for this blog...
As I have recently concluded, my life has been a long battle with many dragons. I have sinned. I still do (but this is not the proper place nor is it the proper time for confession- sorry!). The biggest "dragon" in my life is my father, and the anger I hold against him. He left my mom when I was about 8 years old and, up until I was a senior in high school, I saw him every 
other weekend. This loss in time created a divide, a deep crevise, a canyon between us that still exists today. I have made attempt after attempt to reconnect or to urge him to attempt, but I often feel like Wile E. Coyote and end up being blown up or falling a long way to sudden impact. After this impact, I must once again pick myself up and attempt to chase this goal of connection with my father.
other weekend. This loss in time created a divide, a deep crevise, a canyon between us that still exists today. I have made attempt after attempt to reconnect or to urge him to attempt, but I often feel like Wile E. Coyote and end up being blown up or falling a long way to sudden impact. After this impact, I must once again pick myself up and attempt to chase this goal of connection with my father.Much to my dismay, my attempts always seem to be in vain. My "dragon," my anger towards my father, has to be slayed. I must own my dragon. I must control it. Just like any sin (beit an addiction to drugs or pornography, a failure to forgive someone, lust, you name it because you have your own) you must face it head on and confess it and seek to find resolve. If you don't, then I suppose you might end up like Eustace and become a harbor for sin, and you may become a dragon yourself. I could become one.
That's it! It's settled! I need to face my dragon. I need to own it and slay it. I need to release the anger that I have for my father. You need to forgive him. You need to stop looking at her and wondering what she looks like naked. We all need to face our dragons- before we become one.
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Let me know what you guys think! Tell me if this was stupid, dead on, fresh, exciting, or if it challenged and spoke to you. Better yet, tell God.
WERD.
---AN
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