It is easy to talk about how we trust God when times are good. C.S. Lewis, in one of the darker moments of his grief after having lost his beloved wife to cancer writes:
"I thought I trusted the rope until it mattered to me whether it would bear me. Now it matters, and I find I didn't" A Grief Observed
Yet as the tears began to wash away the pain, the questions came...why God? Why?
Lewis continues confessing his desire to suffer in his wife's place,
"Yet this is unendurable. And then one babbles-'If only I could bear it, or the worst of it, or any of it, instead of her.' But one can't tell how serious that bid is, for nothing is staked on it. If it suddenly became a real possibility, then, for the first time, we should discover how seriously we meant it. But is it ever allowed?
It was allowed to One, we are told, and I find I can now believe again, that He has done vicariously whatever can be so done. He replies to our babble, 'You cannot and you dare not. I could and dared.'"
I've never been through the tragedy that so many people of the world have endured. But in learning to walk with God, He has tested my faith. This first semester at FSU drove me to my knees time and again seeking God's power and grace. I testify that He brought me through it.
The song below was a frequent source of inspiration to me this semester as I would try to read something almost inhumanely difficult and cry out to God for help and understanding...for anyone who is walking in the darkness right now, remember, joy comes in the morning.
More from C.S. Lewis to follow...stay tuned.
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This passage of faith in the rough times is what I can relate to more than ever. Having dealt with great loss and surviving it with Christ in my life, makes me more humble than I have ever been in my life. I would have to say that God's enduring love is all we really have at the end of the day. Everything else that we encounter is merely one heartbeat away from being gone forever.
Thanks,
Adrian
This from one who has experienced tragedy even more sudden and unexpectedly than what Lewis described. My heart continues to ache for your loss.
C.S.Lewis just seems to have a way of putting things into perspective. I have heard people say that they wish they could trade places with a loved one and have probably even said it myself at times, but that is truly one of those things that is easier said than done. It is truly amazing to think of what Jesus went through so that we do not. I will eagerly awaiting the additional C.S.Lewis that you promised.
Allen G.
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