A Grief Observed has been such an eye-opening experience. Seeing a man in the frailness of his humanity go through the stages of grief and loss is the truly real. Maybe in death and sadness, reality is better observed.
In chapter 4 C.S. Lewis states some powerful things. My favorite quote was, "Not my idea of God, but God." I have been debating the same issues in my own personal life. I don't want my notion of who, what, how God is to be another myth or rumor passed down. My whole life I lived with two ministers. My mother and father are both wonderful people, but everything they have taught me they want me to take it as the complete truth. The deeper I sought for the complete truth the more lost I felt. I began to ask God, "Show me who you really are. What are you like? Do I even have the right assumptions about you?" As odd or funny as it may sound, I felt relieved to be able to ask Him honestly. Without fancy words to suit my doubtful questions. Like the professor said that Theology isn't a white and black WHAT I KNOW I KNOW about God. I can now say that this book has helped my begin a journey to understand more completely who God is. I don't want to find all the answer to my questions. I just want to ask the right questions. Like I mentioned before, my heart and mind have come to terms. How can we ever solve the mysteries of God and life? How can we prove anything... even the goodness of God? I find myself so comfortable in this theological ignorance.
Like all of the C.S. Lewis books I've read, A Grief Observed made me stop and think.
ReplyDeleteI too took that same journey to understand and seriously know who God is. It's an amazing thing...it's made my faith much stronger! He IS here, and I know it because I've asked those hard questions :)
That's great that you question what you have been taught. I believe it's good for us to understand what we have been taught, not just memorize information.
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