Yesterday I shared some interesting G.K. Chesterton. Today, from a book that was given me by my mother for Christmas, I have an interesting passage from C.S. Lewis.

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 consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand. - From A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis

This is a rare moment where I might disagree with him in part. Admittedly, Lewis wrote this while contemplating and experiencing the death of his wife, Joy. Consolation would not have been readily accessible, and from our limited human point of view and finite lifetime, religion wouldn't really have much to offer. So, from our point of view he is correct, but when we remember to consider the world from a different point of view, from the vantage point of a loving creator of all time and space, consolation eventually becomes apparent. The end of the story is a joyous one even if this particular chapter is sad.

Next Sunday is the seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Our task is still very much before us!