"Know Me Better There"

"“It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"
"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.
"Are -are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.
"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”"
- C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader


This passage is probably one of the most important in my life.  This exchange is happening right before Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace leave Narnia, and for Edmund and Lucy, it is the last time.  Edmund and Lucy had spent more of their lives in Narnia than they had in England and they had both fallen in love with the world and even more so, Aslan.  Before they knew it, they were saying their goodbyes forever and it was heartbreaking.  They have to leave their kingdoms and their King.  But Aslan reassures both of them, telling them that he is in their world also, he simply goes by another name.
Narnia is a place that I grew up dreaming about.  I wanted to go and have adventures with the Kings and Queens of old, sail on the Dawn Treader, and meet Aslan.  This book series, The Chronicles of Narnia, is a constant reminder in my life that there is something for me after this life.  That my Narnia is waiting for me and that Aslan is at the gates, he just goes by a different name.