Today's "thoughts" are all
short, sweet, thought-provoking one-liner's from C.S. Lewis.
I trust one, two or more might speak truth to your heart. Enjoy!
Mere Christianity
(1952)
"When
Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the
only person in the world."
Mere Christianity
(1952)
"God
whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in
our pains; it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
The Problem of Pain
(1940)
“There
are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
Collected Letters of
C. S. Lewis (2006)
“A
man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic
can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his
cell.”
The Great Divorce
(1945)
"There
are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be
done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your
way."
The Great Divorce
(1945)
“The
instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man's self is
not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred.”
Mere Christianity
(1952)
“No
man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good."
Mere Christianity
(1952)
"We
do not want merely to see beauty . . . We want something else which can hardly
be put into words - to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to
receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it."
Transposition and
Other Addresses (1949)
"God
cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not
there. There is no such thing."
Mere Christianity
(1952)
"The
sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a
meal."
The Weight of Glory
(1949)
“It
is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in
heart want to.”
The Problem of
Pain (1940)
"Love
is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate
good as far as it can be obtained."
God In The Dock
(1970)
"When
we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity
unbelievable to the outside world."
Mere Christianity
(1952)
“Each
day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.”
Mere Christianity
(1952)
"To
love at all is to be vulnerable."
The Four Loves (1960)
“I
sometimes wonder if all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.”
Mere Christianity
(1952)
May the Joy of the
LORD be your strength, Pastor Jeff
