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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Final chapter in A Grief Observed

Through out the last chapter I began to see that C. S. Lewis was beginning to have some closer on his wife's death. As he goes further in detail on what happens after death I greatly enjoyed the section where he establishes the fact that sometimes we come to God with nonsense questions. I admit that I have asked some nonsense questions to God. For example what does heaven truly look like. Yes we have brief glimpses in the Bible of what heaven looks like but that is only on descriptions such as gates made of pearls. I know God heard my question but I know why now He could not answer; for if He had answered I would not have been able to experience the fullness of heaven for I believe that one can only do that if he or she has been called home by God. Nevertheless there are books on people having seen glimpses of heaven or visions of heaven, but let us remember that those experiences are only glimpses, not full a walk through so to speak. Anyways I also enjoyed reading on how C. S. Lewis spoke on the hope of possibly seeing his wife again. Some say that we will have a great reunion with our loved ones and some say we will just recognize them as a brother and sister in Christ; I choose to believe the latter. However my favorite part of the last chapter was when he stated "There is also, whatever it means, the resurrection of the body. We cannot understand. The best is perhaps what we understand the least" (p. 75). To me his statement means that somethings in this world, and during our lifetime, we will never know nor are we meant to know yet. If this is what he originally meant that means no theologian or Christian will ever understand the full complexity of God and all that He is and is to come.