There are many people, past and present, who get our
attention by what they write or say or share.
For me C.S. Lewis
is one of those. He was a prolific
writer who continues to grab the attention of thinkers from many different
points of view.
Lewis first grabbed my attention when I was in 5th
grader, and our teacher, Mrs. Foy, shared The Chronicles of Narnia with our
class. It was a powerful time that this
dreamer opened doors to thinking like I had never lived before. He wrote of faith, of far off places and of
strong figures who found their character rooted deep in God.
C.S. Lewis was born in 1898 and died in 1963, 7 years before
I was born. It wasn’t until his 30’s
that under the influence of his friend Tolkien that he came
to be a Christian. He was raised in a
traditional church going home, turned away from God as an Atheist in his teen
years and through trying to stay away from God and faith returned to God with
deep and rich roots in the truth of God.
Here are a few quotes from Lewis that continue to grab my
attention:
“Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us
does not.”
“Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your
neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as
we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone
you will presently come to love him.”
Let me stop right there
and say a huge AMEN. For years I have
seen people who are stuck on themselves change as they simply chose to act
differently. By serving others we find
purpose. By acting on what the Bible
says our lives are changed. Love is a
gift from God.
1 John 4:19 NLT
We love each
other because he loved us first.
May our lives be marked by
love. God loved us, and we love
others. We come to understand that God
loves us no matter what. For some people
that is hard to grasp. Read on:
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable
because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
"The terrible thing, the almost impossible
thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to
Christ." Mere
Christianity
Hand yourself over to God.
That is right but not easy. God
is real. He loves us and continues to
see our potential and His grace coming alive through our relationships. My prayer is that those closest to me will
believe that the best is yet to come, and that they will allow God to live
through them. I want that for me and for
others. Believe it.
"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart
from Himself, because it is not there. There
is no such thing." Mere
Christianity
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