Madeleine L'Engle used a string to guide her to her secret place (Circle of Quiet). Her husband used to joke all anyone needed to do to find her was follow the string. She replied that sometimes secrets should be shared.
Sometimes we all need a string to guide us. When we are tired, confused when the way seems unclear. Great writing has that string. It is not merely entertaining. Suddenly the words become a chain and your slumbering soul feels a slight tugging as you connect from the outer world to the inner.
George MacDonald is full of wisdom and his writing wakens the slumbering soul within. C.S. Lewis called him his Master. Madeleine L'Engle was a fan as were many others.
In the Princess and the Goblin, Irene (the princess) speaks with the apparition of her grandmother. Her grandmother gives her a thread to guide her and says, 'But, remember, it may seem to you a very roundabout way indeed, and you must not doubt the thread. Of one thing you may be sure, that while you hold it, I hold it too'.
We are fans of George MacDonald
Do you remember to keep hold of the string and follow it to places that have only meaning for you? Do you engross yourself in your own private pursuits and believe that they will lead you somewhere?
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Love it Lisa!!!
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