C.S. Lewis on true pleasure
"Milton, Johnson and Thomas Aquinas [took] heavenly glory quite frankly in the sense of fame or good report… not fame conferred by our fellow creatures —- fame w/ God, approval or… ‘appreciation’ by God…. ‘Well done, thou good faithful servant.’… When the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond belief, learns at last that she has pleased Him whom she was created to please…. She will be free from the miserable illusion that it is her doing. With no taint of…self-approval she will most innocently rejoice in the thing that God has made her to be, and the moment [will heal] her old inferiority complex for ever…. If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.”
that is good stuff! and just what i needed to hear today—and every day for a while, so tell me where you swiped it from.
btw, i like “the Daily Beggar,” thanks for passing on the blessings and keep up the good work.
Posted by on 07/21 at 07:02 AMThat C.S. Lewis quote was from “The Weight of Glory.” Which, I must confess, I haven’t read in it’s entirety. I have a “best of C.S. Lewis” book, and I was searching for something else when I ran across that.
And thanks for the kind words!
Posted by on 08/24 at 05:21 PM
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