I missed Erika’s point in her post on safety initially when I was commenting, but I spun off onto something that had meaning for me.
I quoted the bit about Aslan being good but not safe to Erika. When I think about trusting a Good Lord regardless of what consequences, I think about this song which seldom fails to inspire me. It’s by Iona, and a sample can be heard here. The sound of the song is as expansive as the sea upon which we sail, and having met the band at Cornerstone Festival in 1996, I can say that at the time they wrote the song they were inspired. So I feel connected to The Spirit by this song and it is special to me:
Beyond these shores
Into the darkness
Beyond these shores
This boat may sail
And if this is the way
Then there will be
A path across this seaAnd if I sail beyond
The farthest ocean
Or lose myself in depths below
Wherever I may go
Your love surrounds me
For you have been before
Beyond these shores