In class on thursday we talked about Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. Professor Corrigan spoke about if C.S. Lewis was being blasphemous when he was calling God an imbecile and everything. But I feel that in every relationship there are downfalls. Relationships between spouses, friendships, parents, etc. And it is because we are human. Humans are not perfect at all and God definitely knows we aren't perfect. And God wants to hear us. He wants to hear our sorrows, our anger, our happiness, our joy, our stress, our frustrations. He doesn't just want to hear about our thanks for good things happenings and our asking for things we need. He wants to hear our pain, I think it is better for us to express this pain to God then just completely take him out and not talk to Him at all.
It is not my favorite part, but I like to hear C.S. Lewis sort of get mad at God. It makes me feel like I'm not the only one in the world. When my grandfather was in the hospital I was not happy with Him. It makes me happy to see this Theologian, this man who writes beautiful words about God, yell at Him. I don't feel like we should only yell at God, but I think this grows the relationship that we have with God.
I also found it really interesting in class on how C.S. Lewis didn't even love this woman when he married her. He was only marrying her so she could stay in the country. I watched this movie over the summer called the Enchanted Cottage. It is very old like 1945 old. It was about a couple who got married for convenience. He used to be beautiful, but went off to war and had an accident. She was the "ugly duck" of the town. When they got married they weren't in love, but like Lewis they grew to love each other and see each other as beautiful.
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