I've only started reading C.S. Lewis', "The Problem of Pain" (I'm still in the Introduction) and I've already found an excerpt that is worthy of sharing.
Personally, I've never experienced true hardship. I've lost loved ones and I've had a few minor injuries and surgeries in my life, but at the end of every day, I've never been without a warm sleeping place and a full stomach.
And I've never had a serious illness. Or been forsaken or abused by another person. I do remember what it's like to be lost.
'I was never fool enough to suppose myself qualified, nor have I anything to offer my readers except that when pain is to be borne, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of God's love more than all': CSL
Posted by Kammer at April 21, 2003 09:22 AMBen,
Once you read Problem of Pain,
I highly suggest that you read
A Grief Observed.
It was written after he lost his wife to cancer.
I have long wanted to read them in that order,
but must wait until this tour ends.
Thanks for BlogginG :)
Steph
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