Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolation of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed.
“Jack” (as his friends call Lewis) was devastated by the loss of his wife (Helen Joy) to bone cancer. They married when he was 58; she was 17 years younger than him; they were the best of friends and discovered the beauty of marital love for only 4 years.
A Grief Observed is Lewis’s description of the journey he took after Joy’s death at the age of 45. It’s a portrait of grief and a struggle with his own Christian faith. (Lewis went to be with the Lord only 3 years after Joy).
The end of this quote actually continues:
The conclusion is not “So there’s no God, after all” but “So this is what God is really like, the Cosmic Sadist. The spiteful imbecile?”
Source: pbs.org
