tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876005511404859259.post5079595201500142069..comments2024-01-22T05:12:14.300-05:00Comments on Mere C.S. Lewis: Assurance of heavenKen Symeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459635303438115559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876005511404859259.post-78094604593792473352010-12-05T11:11:46.449-05:002010-12-05T11:11:46.449-05:00This comment by Lewis really grabbed me when I rea...This comment by Lewis really grabbed me when I read the book over 20 years ago.<br /><br />I think it made such an impression on me because it so often is the case, that the lowest times feel even lower because God does seem to have disappeared. Probably why the poem "Footprints in the Sand" resonates with people so much.Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758738719621023800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876005511404859259.post-57653868672418725092010-12-03T09:25:54.878-05:002010-12-03T09:25:54.878-05:00Margaret, I suspect we're going to discover wh...Margaret, I suspect we're going to discover why the book is titled <i>A Grief <b>Observed</b></i> rather than <i>A Grief <b>Resolved</b></i>.<br /><br />A review from <i>The Times</i> posted on the back jacket attempts to resolve at least what the book is about: "Its honest dissection is the negation of self-pity... Drawing firmly back from each conventional posture of the mourner, [he] invites not sympathy but co-operation in his attempt to argue out a grief."<br /><br />Hang in there, we'll be switching to <i>Voyage of the Dawn Treader</i> next week, and then I'll decide if we come back to <i>A Grief Observed</i>.Ken Symeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459635303438115559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4876005511404859259.post-73122154874341404892010-12-02T06:29:57.725-05:002010-12-02T06:29:57.725-05:00I am following this series on the edge of my seat,...I am following this series on the edge of my seat, with my heart in my throat, dying to know how Lewis resolves it! I've read passages of 'A Grief Observed' during my ramblings through Lewis's writing, but never the whole thing. I hate knowing Jack was filled with such grief and doubt at the death of his wife, but then again, it's comforting, too. Almost in the same way we're comforted by Jesus' words on the cross, "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?" It's reassuring to know that even Christ felt abandoned by God, especially looking at it in retrospect and knowing how the story "ends." Ken, I hope you will be able to show us an "ending" in which Lewis is restored to faith and joy. But since I haven't read this book, I don't know!Margaret Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692860243550948747noreply@blogger.com