Had conversation with a friend about CS Lewis the other day. She told me that CS Lewis got married in the end (I assumed that he didn't), but his wife died two years later.
That painful event caused CS Lewis to write a book titled 'A Grief Observed'.
I suspect that book may not be a New York Times bestseller nowadays.
But I am quite confident that book will be among the most-read in Christian funeral homes.
This is one of his quotes that once again make me goes.. "I know right..."
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. Wouldn't you then first discover how much you really trusted it?”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
I openly deal with pain and sadness partly because I am melancholic and partly because I know that I can embrace God while yelling at Him in confusion.
And I know that He would never let go of his grip in such moment.
And I would think that everything I claim to believe, every theological belief, every belief system that I have, is only worth talking about when they stay true for me while I am walking thru the valley of shadow of death.
Just like the statement- more than conquerors.
Our joy is so special because it's a joy that does not come from us conquering or winning.
'Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted." (Young's Literal translation)
Such joy, such comfort.. is simply divine. Inexplicable and yet unmistakably real.
That painful event caused CS Lewis to write a book titled 'A Grief Observed'.
I suspect that book may not be a New York Times bestseller nowadays.
But I am quite confident that book will be among the most-read in Christian funeral homes.
This is one of his quotes that once again make me goes.. "I know right..."
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. Wouldn't you then first discover how much you really trusted it?”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
I openly deal with pain and sadness partly because I am melancholic and partly because I know that I can embrace God while yelling at Him in confusion.
And I know that He would never let go of his grip in such moment.
And I would think that everything I claim to believe, every theological belief, every belief system that I have, is only worth talking about when they stay true for me while I am walking thru the valley of shadow of death.
Just like the statement- more than conquerors.
Our joy is so special because it's a joy that does not come from us conquering or winning.
'Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted." (Young's Literal translation)
Such joy, such comfort.. is simply divine. Inexplicable and yet unmistakably real.
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