so after hearing that quote yesterday i googled C.S Lewis to see more of his stuff. i have one of his books- The Screwtape Letters, given by my sister, but i didn't finish it yet. but i found a few quotes that spoke so honestly i feel, and that compelled me to repeat them here. :)
"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
- as i've mentioned before, it's been tough for me lately. so this is a reminder really, that God is yearning for my attention, for me to lean on Him, for He can offer me strength. and He does indeed deserve my worship.
"In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are you asking God to do? To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that is what He does."
- this was something i was struggling with too, the idea of hell is so disturbing and upsetting, and i asked why do people still end up there? why isn't God doing anything? and this reminded me, He already has, and because we have free will, we must choose Him and accept His gift of salvation.
"If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed."
- AWW, this is so touching! and it speaks greatly about the character and love of our great and mighty God.
"Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."
- in case you were blur, this is from the point of view of the devil, and the Enemy refers to God. so have faith guys, that even when you don't feel God around, that He is still there and the devil is scared.
"But what of the poor Ghosts who never get into the omnibus at all?' ' Everyone who wishes it does. Never fear. There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in Hell choose it. ... No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock, it is opened."
- this is a real eye-opener, that we can ALL CHOOSE salvation today.
"If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things -- praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts -- not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They might break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds."
- i found this very cool.
"My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?"
- huh, this is really thought provoking. what indeed are we comparing it to, when we have never seen a 'just' world?
"God lends us a little of His reasoning powers and that is how we think: He puts a little of His love into us and that is how we love one another. When you teach a child writing, you hold its hand while it forms the letters: that is, it forms the letters because you are forming them. We love and reason because God loves and reasons and holds our hand while we do it."
- this deserves an aww.. it makes us really remember that the God of the universe CHOSE to hold our hand and He loves us so deeply even if we cannot figure out why.
i got tired of reading from the screen, but i would say that there is so much truth and wisdom in the above words. i'm glad i learnt more today. :)
keep fighting the good fight,
candice
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