John 21:15-16  When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “You know that I love You.” Jesus said, “Feed My lambs.”

John 21:17  The third time He said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said, “Feed My sheep.

John 21:18-19 “Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then He said to him, “Follow Me!”

John 21:20-21 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”) When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

John 21:22-23 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow Me.” Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; He only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

1. Will the darkest time in my life make me darker, or will it usher in new light? 2. Because the soul is the deepest expression of a person, the soul is the place of greatest pain.

2. Because the soul is the deepest expression of a person, the soul is the place of greatest pain. 3. While God is radically present in my dark night, it feels like He is incredibly distant.

“God’s love is not content to leave us in our weakness, and for this reason He takes us into a dark night. He weans us from all of the pleasures by giving us dry times and inward darkness . . . No soul will ever grow deep in the spiritual life unless God works passively in that soul by means of the dark night.” - John of the Cross

3. While God is radically present in my dark night, it feels like He is incredibly distant. 4. I have to learn that I can’t run in the dark.

4. I have to learn that I can’t run in the dark. 5. The dark night affords an episode of honest faith.

“This will be a test of your joyful confidence in God.” - Dallas Willard

“There is something greatly overawing in the slowness of God “There is something greatly overawing in the slowness of God.” - Frederick Faber

Susan is holding onto her only hope and comfort when all hope is gone: Aslan knew what he was doing. She, who has tried to be the parent figure for so long, has to step up and be the person Lucy has to depend on. And what does she say? Not that it will be alright. Not that it makes sense. Just that Aslan knew what he was doing. And he did... but Susan just had to trust that she was right, and that even when the world made no sense, Aslan was still the King.