I love me some C.S. Lewis

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 -C.S. Lewis

Wow, right!?  My reading with C.S. Lewis goes pretty much the same every time.  I find myself having to read sentences, paragraphs and pages over and over again so I can grasp what my eyes just read.

The quote above made me get this visual picture.  When we are feeling pleasure, our hearts feel at peace, not much going on in our heads….like when you are sitting on the beach, waves crashing, the sun warming your face, not a care in the world.  ”God whispers to us in our pleasures”.  We whisper back, “Thank you God, for this amazing place!”

We are often faced with temptations, times when our conscience is kicked into high gear…”should I, or shouldn’t I?”  Our minds are a little louder now, we are speaking to ourselves a little more now…..”God speaks to us in our conscience”

But pain…..pain is a different story.  If we are not displaying the hurt outwardly, inwardly we are screaming at the top of our lungs..”WHY GOD?  WHY?  WHY WOULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN TO ME?  WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?” Yet, God’s voice can be louder than our own.  I once heard it said, that in times of adversity, we should stop listening to ourselves, and start listening to God.  He “shouts to us in our pain.”  Why?  Because sometimes He has to.  To remind us that He is bigger, stronger, and above any pain we would ever feel.  He is reminding us that He has not disappeared.  I envision Him shouting “Calm Down!”  Or to be a little more Scriptural “Peace!  Be Still!”

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